Lilies of the Field
“Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...”
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.
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Part of Lilies of the Field Collection
2 films
Cast
11 people
Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Jackal
Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
Known for
Flashdance
House of Games
Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Also in
The Outer Limits
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes
Also in
Kojak
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Known for
Night of the Lepus
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth
Also in
Perry Mason
Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Dan Frazer
Father Murphy
Known for
Kojak
Take the Money and Run
Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Known for
Peter Pan
Treasure Island
Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Known for
Soldier Blue
Duel at Diablo
Jester Hairston
Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
Known for
The Alamo
Lady Sings the Blues
Ralph Nelson Director · James Poe Screenplay William E. Barrett Author
Worldwide gross $7M · Budget $247K · United States release October 1, 1963
Box office
Budget
$247,000
Worldwide gross
$7,000,000
Gross vs. budget
28.3×
Production
Rainbow Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Piety in the Sky · The Amen Man · The Mischief Maker
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · June 4, 1963
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1963
Theatrical
Austria
October 1, 1963 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1964 · Theatrical
Italy
August 31, 1963 · Theatrical
Japan
October 24, 1964 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 1, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
December 10, 1964 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 4, 1963 · Limited theatrical
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