Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field 1963 Directed by Ralph Nelson

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.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Languages English , German , Spanish

Gneres Comedy , Drama

Production Companies United Artists , Rainbow Productions

Budget $247,000

Revenue $7,000,000

Release Date 4 June 1963

94 mins