Lilies of the field

The Resource Lilies of the field
Label
Lilies of the field
Statement of responsibility
United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin
Title variation
  • Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the field
  • Lillies of the field
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Language
  • eng
  • ger
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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
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Awards note
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963.
Cataloging source
WSL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; vocal arrangements, Jester Hairston ; director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, John W. McCafferty
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
Language note
English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles
LC call number
  • PS3503.A62873
  • PN1997
LC item number
  • L555 2015
  • .L54 2015
PerformerNote
Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy)
Runtime
95
Series statement
KL Studio classics
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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