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..."
ThumbScore
👍 83%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 92%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lilia Skala as Mother Maria
Lisa Mann as Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino as Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis as Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch as Sister Elizabeth
Stanley Adams as Juan Acolito
Dan Frazer as Father Murphy
Is Lilies of the Field good?
Most people think so. 83% audience score, estimated from 235 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 92%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
