Lilies of the Field (1963)

Name: Lilies of the Field
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1963-06-04
Duration: 94 min
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

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.

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Released 1963-06-04 · 94 min · Comedy, Drama

Directed by Ralph Nelson

Part of Lilies of the Field Collection

Cast

Sidney Poitier as Homer Smith
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
Bobby Driscoll as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson as Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester Hairston as Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)