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.
Release Date
June 4, 1963
Status
Released
Original Title
Lilies of the Field
Runtime
1h 34min
Budget
$247,000
Revenue
$7,000,000
Language
English, Spanish, German