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- 1963
- Unrated
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
- 1963
- Unrated
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
Summary A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
Directed By: Ralph Nelson
Written By: James Poe, William E. Barrett
- 1963
- Unrated
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
- 1963
- Unrated
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
Lilies of the Field
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7.0
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Summary A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
Directed By: Ralph Nelson
Written By: James Poe, William E. Barrett
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
5 Reviews
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38% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
61
63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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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]
Poitier's performance and Nelson's low-key direction carried this delightful vehicle, adapted to the screen by James Poe from William E. Barrett's eloquent novel. [14 Jan 2001, p.17]
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.
This was a small, low-budget picture that went straight for the heart and succeeded critically as well as financially.
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.
Well-meaning rot from 1963.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Production Company
Rainbow Productions
Release Date Oct 1, 1963
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
