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Lilies of the Field
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
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.
Where to watch Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field is streaming in the US on Kanopy, YouTube Free and Tubi TV.
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Cast
- 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)
- Jester Hairston as Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Ralph Nelson
- Released
- June 4, 1963
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Studio
- Rainbow Productions and United Artists
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 235 votes
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