Lilies of the field, United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin
Type
Label
Lilies of the field, United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
Main title
Lilies of the field
Oclc number
930183321
Responsibility statement
United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin
Runtime
95
Series statement
KL Studio classics
Summary
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the fieldLillies of the field
Classification
Contributor
- Kino Lorber, Inc
- Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.)
- Poitier, Sidney
- Poe, James, 1923-1980
- Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Goldsmith, Jerry
- Barrett, William E., William Edmund, 1900-1986
- Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977
- United Artists Corporation
- Skala, Lilia
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )
Genre
Subject
- Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- African Americans -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama
- Feature films
- United States -- Race relations -- Drama
- Germans -- Arizona -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Films de fiction
- African Americans + Relations with German Americans -- Drama
- Classic films
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- Kino Lorber, Inc
- Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.)
- Poitier, Sidney
- Poe, James, 1923-1980
- Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Goldsmith, Jerry
- Barrett, William E., William Edmund, 1900-1986
- Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977
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- Skala, Lilia
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )
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- Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- African Americans -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama
- Feature films
- United States -- Race relations -- Drama
- Germans -- Arizona -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Films de fiction
- African Americans + Relations with German Americans -- Drama
- Classic films
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