Lilies of the Field (1963)
"Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall..."
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.
Duration
94 min
Rating
⭐ 7.2 / 10
Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 04, 1963
Languages
German, English, Spanish
Production
Rainbow Productions, United Artists
Budget
$247,000
Revenue
$7,000,000
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