Lilies of the Field

(1963)

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IMDb

Release & Runtime

July 5, 1963 · 1 hr 34 min

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 13 nominations total

Languages

English German Spanish

Countries

United States

Comedy Drama

Homer Smith, 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 Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert...

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino and others

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