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Lilies of the Field is a 1963 American comedy-drama film adapted by James Poe from the 1962 novel of the same name by William Edmund Barrett, and stars Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams, and Dan Frazer.
Lilies of the Field: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino. A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
- (14K)
- Drama
- Ralph Nelson
- 1963-07-05
While touring the southwestern United States, Homer Smith, a black ex-GI, encounters five nuns attempting to farm some barren Arizona land on the edge of the desert.
- Ralph Nelson, Joe Popkin, Harry R. Sherman
- Sidney Poitier
Lilies of the Field. 1963 · 1 hr 35 min. TV-PG. Drama · Comedy. A warm, sensitive handyman, stranded in an Arizona desert town, builds a chapel for a lively group of nuns. Subtitles: English. Starring: Stanley Adams Sidney Poitier Lilia Skala. Directed by: Ralph Nelson.
- Ralph Nelson
- January 1, 1963
- 95 min
When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a group of Roman Catholic nuns who have emigrated from Germany.
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- Sidney Poitier
- Ralph Nelson
- Comedy, Drama
A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert. Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats.
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Lilies of the Field, American film drama, released in 1963, that explores issues of faith and is especially noted for Sidney Poitier’s historic Academy Award win: he became the first African American to win an Oscar for best actor.