Movie
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Lilies of the Field
Cast
Sidney PoitierHomer Smith
Lilia SkalaMother Maria
Lisa MannSister Gertrude
Francesca JarvisSister Albertine
Pamela BranchSister Elizabeth
Stanley AdamsJuan Acolito
Dan FrazerFather MurphyCredits
- Directed by
- Ralph Nelson
- Written by
- James Poe, William E. Barrett
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Lilies of the Field Collection
- Budget
- $247K
- Box office
- $7M
Production
- Rainbow ProductionsUnited States
United ArtistsUnited States
Themes
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