Lilies of the Field

7.3 / 10

(210 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

94 minutes

Year:

1963

Director:

Ralph Nelson

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Company:

Rainbow Productions,

United Artists

Budget:

$247,000

Revenue:

$7,000,000

Cast:
Sidney Poitier

Homer Smith

Lilia Skala

Mother Maria

Lisa Mann

Sister Gertrude

Isa Crino

Sister Agnes

Francesca Jarvis

Sister Albertine

Crew:
Jester Hairston

Music Arranger

William E. Barrett

Novel

Ralph Nelson

Director

James Poe

Screenplay

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer