Christmas Lilies of the Field
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| Christmas Lilies of the Field | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | William E. Barrett John McGreevey Ralph Nelson |
| Directed by | Ralph Nelson |
| Starring | Billy Dee Williams Maria Schell Fay Hauser Lisa Mann |
| Music by | George Aliceson Tipton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ralph Nelson |
| Producers | Toby Martin Jack N. Reddish |
| Cinematography | Robert B. Hauser |
| Editor | O. Nicholas Brown |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Production company | Osmond Productions |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release |
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Christmas Lilies of the Field is a 1979 made-for-TV sequel to the classic 1963 film Lilies of the Field. In this sequel, directed by Ralph Nelson (his final project before his death), Homer Smith (played by Billy Dee Williams instead of Sidney Poitier) returns to the Arizona desert where he had built the chapel for the nuns. This time, Mother Maria (played by Maria Schell) convinces Homer Smith into building a kindergarten as well as an orphanage by claiming that, since the chapel lacks a bell-tower and bells, the previous job was never completed.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Billy Dee Williams as Homer Smith
- Maria Schell as Mother Maria
- Fay Hauser as Janet Owens
- Lisa Mann as Sister Gertrude
- Hanna Hertelendy as Sister Albertine
- Judith Piquet as Sister Agnes [1]
- Donna Johnston as Sister Elizabeth
- Robert Hastings as Harold Pruitt
- Fred Hart as Father Brian Connor
- Oliver Nguyen as Trang (orphan)
Production[]
Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and Orem, Utah.[2] The TV special was released on VHS in 1989.
References[]
- ^ "Christmas Lilies of the Field". IMDb.
- ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
External links[]
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- 1979 films
- 1979 television films
- 1970s Christmas films
- 1979 drama films
- American Christmas films
- American films
- Color sequels of black-and-white films
- Films about Catholic nuns
- Films about Catholicism
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Ralph Nelson
- Films set in Arizona
- NBC network original films
- Television sequel films
- Christmas television films
- Films shot in Utah
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