Lilies of the Field (1963)

Review: Lilies of the Field (1963)

Director: Ralph Nelson

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis,

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala
Lisa Mann
Lisa Mann
Isa Crino
Isa Crino
Francesca Jarvis
Francesca Jarvis

Plot: 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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Two More from Twilight Time

Two More from Twilight Time

Twilight Time have released two very different movies on Blu-ray: Ralph Nelson’s religious parable Lilies of the Field, which won Sidney Poitier the first ever best actor Oscar for a Black star, and Richard Fleischer’s bleak 10 […]

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