The Defiant Ones
1958
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Oct 1, 2018 · October 1, 2018 6:40am. Photofest. 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...
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92% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 86% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a group of...
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- Sidney Poitier
- Ralph Nelson
- Comedy, Drama
TOP CRITIC. Many factors combine in the overall success of the film, notably the restrained direction by Ralph Nelson, a thoroughly competent screenplay by James Poe, and, of course, Poitier's...
7/10. Perceptible and sensitive film with an awesome Sidney Poitier. ma-cortes 3 October 2006. Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) is a stubborn , obstinate ex-soldier when heading himself to the West he stops at a farm in desert . There meets a group of speaking-German nuns from East European Catholic .
"LILIES OF THE FIELD," which opened at the Mur ray Hill yesterday, is a bright little film that is so gentle and ingenuous in constructing a modern parable that it fairly disarms the stubborn...
The film was screened in competition at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival in June 1963. It opened October 3, 1963 at the Murray Hill Theater in New York City. Reception. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 24 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10.
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com. 83. Portland Oregonian 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] 80. Variety.
