Lilies of the Field (1963)
Kernel Score: 80% · 217 ratings
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1963-06-04
Runtime: 94 minutes
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.
Director
Ralph Nelson
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)