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title: "Lilies of the Field: cast and crew"
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# Lilies of the Field (1963): cast and crew

11 cast and 20 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Sidney Poitier](https://film.one/person/sidney-poitier.md) as Homer Smith
- [Lilia Skala](https://film.one/person/lilia-skala.md) as Mother Maria
- [Lisa Mann](https://film.one/person/lisa-mann.md) as Sister Gertrude
- [Isa Crino](https://film.one/person/isa-crino.md) as Sister Agnes
- [Francesca Jarvis](https://film.one/person/francesca-jarvis.md) as Sister Albertine
- [Pamela Branch](https://film.one/person/pamela-branch.md) as Sister Elizabeth
- [Stanley Adams](https://film.one/person/stanley-adams.md) as Juan Acolito
- [Dan Frazer](https://film.one/person/dan-frazer.md) as Father Murphy
- [Bobby Driscoll](https://film.one/person/bobby-driscoll.md) as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
- [Ralph Nelson](https://film.one/person/ralph-nelson.md) as Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
- [Jester Hairston](https://film.one/person/jester-hairston.md) as Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Ralph Nelson](https://film.one/person/ralph-nelson.md): Director
- Harry R. Sherman: Assistant Director
- Joe Popkin: Assistant Director
- Stanley K. Scheuer: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [James Poe](https://film.one/person/james-poe.md): Screenplay
- William E. Barrett: Novel

## Production

- [Ralph Nelson](https://film.one/person/ralph-nelson.md): Producer
- Larry Hampton: Production Coordinator
- J. Paul Popkin: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Ernest Haller](https://film.one/person/ernest-haller.md): Director of Photography
- Leo McCreary: Key Grip

## Editing

- [John W. McCafferty](https://film.one/person/john-w-mccafferty.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Jester Hairston](https://film.one/person/jester-hairston.md): Music Arranger
- [Jerry Goldsmith](https://film.one/person/jerry-goldsmith.md): Original Music Composer
- Albert Shaff: Music Editor
- Del Harris: Sound Effects
- Carlton W. Faulkner: Sound Engineer

## Art

- Robert Eaton: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Wesley Sherrard: Wardrobe Supervisor

## Lighting

- Norman C. McClay: Gaffer

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