Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field (1963)

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1963-06-04
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 176 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Rainbow Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ralph Nelson
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Summary

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.

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  • Sidney Poitier

    as Homer Smith
  • Lilia Skala

    as Mother Maria
  • Lisa Mann

    as Sister Gertrude
  • Isa Crino

    as Sister Agnes
  • Francesca Jarvis

    as Sister Albertine
  • Pamela Branch

    as Sister Elizabeth
  • Stanley Adams

    as Juan Acolito
  • Dan Frazer

    as Father Murphy
  • Bobby Driscoll

    as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
  • Ralph Nelson

    as Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Sound Jester Hairston Music Arranger
Writing William E. Barrett Novel
Directing Ralph Nelson Director
Writing James Poe Screenplay
Sound Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Editing John W. McCafferty Editor
Camera Ernest Haller Director of Photography
Production Ralph Nelson Producer
Art Robert Eaton Property Master
Directing Harry R. Sherman Assistant Director
Production J. Paul Popkin Associate Producer
Directing Stanley K. Scheuer Script Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Wesley Sherrard Wardrobe Supervisor
Sound Carlton W. Faulkner Sound Engineer
Directing Joe Popkin Assistant Director
Production Larry Hampton Production Coordinator
Sound Albert Shaff Music Editor
Sound Del Harris Sound Effects
Lighting Norman C. McClay Gaffer
Camera Leo McCreary Key Grip

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