🎬 Comedy, Drama

Lilies of the Field

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

⭐ 7.2/10 1963 1h 34m Dir. Ralph Nelson
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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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7.2/10 223 votes

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Year
1963
Runtime
1h 34m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.2/10
Votes
223
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$0.2M

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎭 Drama 🎬 Ralph Nelson 👤 Sidney Poitier 👤 Lilia Skala 👤 Lisa Mann
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Questions about Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field has a runtime of 1h 34m (1 hour and 34 minutes).
Lilies of the Field was directed by Ralph Nelson and released in 1963.
Lilies of the Field is a Comedy, Drama film (1963).
The cast of Lilies of the Field includes Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis.
Lilies of the Field has a TMDB rating of 7.2/10 based on 223 votes.

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