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    Lilies of the Field

    1963 · Comedy drama · 1h 34m

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  1. 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. It was produced and directed by Ralph Nelson.

  2. 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.

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    • Drama
    • Ralph Nelson
    • 1963-07-05
  3. 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
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  5. Oct 1, 2018 · On Oct. 1, 1963, United Artists hosted the New York premiere of Lilies of the Field, starring Sidney Poitier and Lilia Skala. The film was nominated for five Oscars at the 36th Academy...

    • James Powers
  6. The film Lilies of the Field, released in 1963, is the type of film the trades used to call "heartwarming"; a wandering ex-G.I. stops by a farm being run by five German nuns and agrees to help them out with various and sundry tasks and chores.

    • Ralph Nelson, Joe Popkin, Harry R. Sherman
    • Sidney Poitier
  7. Summaries. 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.

  8. 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. In the film, which was based on William E. Barrett’s novel of the.

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