Lilies of the Field

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1963 · 94 min · NR · Comedy · Drama · TMDB 7.2/10

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.

Directed by Ralph Nelson

Cast

• Sidney Poitier — Homer Smith
• Lilia Skala — Mother Maria
• Lisa Mann — Sister Gertrude
• Isa Crino — Sister Agnes
• Francesca Jarvis — Sister Albertine