Lilies of the Field

October. 01,1963      NR
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sidney Poitier as  Homer Smith
Lilia Skala as  Mother Maria
Lisa Mann as  Sister Gertrude
Francesca Jarvis as  Sister Albertine
Stanley Adams as  Juan Acolito
Dan Frazer as  Father Murphy
Bobby Driscoll as  Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson as  Mr. Ashton (uncredited)

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