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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...

94 minComedyDrama
TMDb7.2/10226 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

Director: Ralph Nelson

Cast

Sidney Poitier as Homer Smith

Sidney Poitier

Homer Smith

Lilia Skala as Mother Maria

Lilia Skala

Mother Maria

Lisa Mann as Sister Gertrude

Lisa Mann

Sister Gertrude

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Isa Crino

Sister Agnes

Francesca Jarvis as Sister Albertine

Francesca Jarvis

Sister Albertine

Pamela Branch as Sister Elizabeth

Pamela Branch

Sister Elizabeth

Stanley Adams as Juan Acolito

Stanley Adams

Juan Acolito

Dan Frazer as Father Murphy

Dan Frazer

Father Murphy

Bobby Driscoll as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Bobby Driscoll

Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Ralph Nelson as Mr. Ashton (uncredited)

Ralph Nelson

Mr. Ashton (uncredited)

Jester Hairston as Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)

Keywords

Plot:based on novel or booknunarizonahomelessnesschapelreligionracismmother superiortheme songruinsconstruction workerbondingafrican american manreligious communityhumanitarian workbolddignifiedameneast german refugeesfrugalitycircuit priest
Place:farm lifedesertdesert store

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