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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, Metacritic 61/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 81% of the 453 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
234 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph NelsonDirector
- James PoeScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sidney PoitierHomer Smith
- Lilia SkalaMother Maria
- Lisa MannSister Gertrude
- Isa CrinoSister Agnes
- Francesca JarvisSister Albertine
- Pamela BranchSister Elizabeth
- Stanley AdamsJuan Acolito
- Dan FrazerFather Murphy
- Bobby DriscollMexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
- Ralph NelsonMr. Ashton (uncredited)
- Jester HairstonHomer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
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Themes
based on novel or booknunarizonahomelessnessfarm lifechapelreligionracismdesertmother superiortheme songruins
The Best Movies of 1963
Lilies of the Field is #28 of 60
