Lilies of the Field
Directed by Ralph Nelson
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.
- Released
- 4 Jun 1963
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Also known as
- Los lirios del valle, Os Lírios do Campo, Les lys des champs, Piety in the Sky
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $247,000
- Screenplay
- James Poe
- Cinematography
- Ernest Haller
- Music
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor
- John W. McCafferty
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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- Comedy
- Drama
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Cast
Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth
Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito
Dan Frazer
Father Murphy
Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
