Lilies of the Field

Name: Lilies of the Field
Genre: Drama
Released: October 1, 1963
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Dan Frazer, Francesca Jarvis, Isa Crino, Lilia Skala

1963

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United Artists | Release Date: October 1, 1963 | Approved

Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Dan Frazer, Francesca Jarvis, Isa Crino, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Pamela Branch, Ralph Nelson, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Adams

Summary: A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

Director: Ralph Nelson

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 94 min

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Ted Mahar

Sidney Poitier and Lilia Skala make a fine odd couple in this whimsical drama of a wandering handyman who is persuaded to help a tiny community of German nuns build a convent in the American desert. [25 Dec 1992, p.AE05]

James Powers

Lilies of the Field is a funny, sentimental, charming and uplifting film, in which intelligence, imagination and energy are proved again to be beyond the price of any super-budget. Read full review

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Made on a modest budget and filmed entirely on location in Arizona, Lilies reveals Sidney Poitier as an actor with a sharp sense of humor. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This was a small, low-budget picture that went straight for the heart and succeeded critically as well as financially. Read full review

Empire Alan Morrison

An uplifting film that cemented the reputation of its star. Read full review

Trevor Johnston

It might be significant as an early independent movie made good, but Poitier got better when he got angrier for In the Heat of the Night four years later. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Well-meaning rot from 1963. Read full review

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jamesfhall

Feb 2, 2022

I read the novel, and this movie does not disappoint. Sydney Poitier is fantastic playing a simple man urged to build a church for a group of German nuns.

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