Lilies of the Field

Name: Lilies of the Field
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1963-06-04
Rating: 3.898
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Francesca Jarvis, Stanley Adams

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: June 4, 1963

Runtime: 94 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Original Language: EN

Rating: ⭐ 7.2/10 (192 votes)

Lilies of the Field Collection

Lilies of the Field
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.
Christmas Lilies of the Field
In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build for five German nuns under the supervision of Mother Maria, and he reluctantly helps them out of a pinch once more.