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Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

# Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
Comedy   Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: German , Spanish , English
📆 Date Released: 1963-06-04
⌚ Running Time: 94 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.25

Beloved Cast

Sidney Poitier original image
Homer Smith
Sidney Poitier
Lilia Skala original image
Mother Maria
Lilia Skala
Lisa Mann original image
Sister Gertrude
Lisa Mann
Isa Crino original image
Sister Agnes
Isa Crino
Francesca Jarvis original image
Sister Albertine
Francesca Jarvis
Pamela Branch original image
Sister Elizabeth
Pamela Branch
Stanley Adams original image
Juan Acolito
Stanley Adams
Dan Frazer original image
Father Murphy
Dan Frazer
Bobby Driscoll original image
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Bobby Driscoll
Ralph Nelson original image
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson

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