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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. It was produced and directed by Ralph Nelson.
- $240,000–247,000
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Ralph Nelson
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.
- (13K)
- Drama
- Ralph Nelson
- 1963-07-05
Academy Award nominations (* denotes win) 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.
- Lee Pfeiffer
A black handyman helps a group of Catholic nuns build a chapel in the desert, despite their strict and unbending Mother Superior. The movie explores the themes of faith, devotion, and human nature through the characters and their interactions.
James Powers Hollywood Reporter 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 ...
- (25)
- Comedy, Drama
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Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar as a warm, sensitive handyman who, while stranded in an Arizona desert town, builds a chapel for a lively group of nu...
