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Lilies of the Field (1963)

04/06/1963 (US)Comedy, Drama1h 34m
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Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Sidney Poitier

      Sidney Poitier

      Homer Smith

    2. Lilia Skala

      Lilia Skala

      Mother Maria

    3. Lisa Mann

      Lisa Mann

      Sister Gertrude

    4. Isa Crino

      Sister Agnes

    5. Francesca Jarvis

      Francesca Jarvis

      Sister Albertine

    6. Pamela Branch

      Sister Elizabeth

    7. Stanley Adams

      Stanley Adams

      Juan Acolito

    8. Dan Frazer

      Dan Frazer

      Father Murphy

    9. Bobby Driscoll

      Bobby Driscoll

      Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on May 24, 2023

    This is one of my favourite performances from Sidney Poitier. Normally his characterisations were settled in an environment of racist and/or bigoted undertones. This drama actually has a much lighter, more comedic, touch to it. He is "Homer" a travelling factotum who happens upon five German nuns who who are bent on building a chapel - but they have no money, no labourer, and practically no way of communicating with their largely Spanish speaking neighbours. Now "Homer" is a kindly soul, so when the headstrong and determined "Mother Maria" (Lilia Skala) coaxes and cajoles him to help them out ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$247,000.00

    Revenue$7,000,000.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • nun
    • arizona
    • homelessness
    • farm life
    • chapel
    • religion
    • racism
    • desert
    • mother superior
    • theme song
    • ruins
    • construction worker
    • bonding
    • african american man
    • religious community
    • humanitarian work
    • amen
    • east german refugees
    • frugality
    • circuit priest
    • desert store