

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
An adventure beyond the limits of civilization, faith and passion.
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $36M
- Box office
- $1.3M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- missionary
- civilization
- tribe
- amazon rainforest
- jungle
- malaria
- 1960s
- amazon river
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR6 Dec 1991
CzechiaCZ
- Physical10 Aug 1998
FranceFR
- Theatrical26 Feb 1992
SpainES
- Theatrical28 Feb 1992
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord was released on 6 December 1991.
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tmdb28039023
8/30/2022
At Play in the Fields of the Lord is shot through with rich, complex irony (two characters, for instance, discuss having Indian blood, but while one is talking about having it in one’s veins, the other is talking about having it on one’s hands). Its main characters, except one whose hypocrisy borders on cognitive dissonance, are torn between perception and reality – struggling in vain to have their thoughts and de…
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