Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field (1963)

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

94 min★ 7.5 · 15,647 votes

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.

Release date
June 4, 1963
Country of origin
United States
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Budget
$247,000
Box office
$7,000,000

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Soundtrack

Original scoreLilies of the Field1964 · 15 tracks
  1. Main Titleinstrumental1:49
  2. Homer Returnsinstrumental1:32
  3. The Roofinstrumental1:15
  4. Homer Awakesinstrumental0:59
  5. Breakfastinstrumental2:10
  6. Feed the Slavesinstrumental0:46
  7. Drive to Massinstrumental0:49
  8. Amen: Sunday Morning - Ameninstrumental3:56
  9. The Contractorinstrumental2:26
  10. Out of Bricksinstrumental1:05
  11. No Hammer - Return of the Prodigalinstrumental4:18
  12. Lots of Bricks: Aid Given - Aid Rejectedinstrumental6:51
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