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Lilies of the Field

  • 1963
  • TMDB 7.2/10
  • 1h 34m

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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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.

Cast

  • Sidney PoitierHomer Smith
  • Lilia SkalaMother Maria
  • Lisa MannSister Gertrude
  • Isa CrinoSister Agnes
  • Francesca JarvisSister Albertine
  • Pamela BranchSister Elizabeth
  • Stanley AdamsJuan Acolito
  • Dan FrazerFather Murphy

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