Lilies of the Field (1963)
06/04/1963 (US) • 1h 34m
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
Overview
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
Top Billed Cast
Homer Smith
Mother Maria
Sister Gertrude
Sister Agnes
Sister Albertine
Sister Elizabeth
Juan Acolito
Father Murphy
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Part of the Lilies of the Field Collection
Includes Lilies of the Field, Christmas Lilies of the Field
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$247,000.00
Revenue
$7,000,000.00
Keywords
based on novel or book
nun
arizona
homelessness
farm life
chapel
religion
racism
desert
mother superior
theme song
ruins
construction worker
bonding
african american man
religious community
humanitarian work
amen
east german refugees
frugality
circuit priest
desert store
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