Lilies of the Field
04/06/1963
2h

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 Poitier
Homer Smith


Lilia Skala
Mother Maria


Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes


Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine


Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth


Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito


Dan Frazer
Father Murphy


Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)


Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
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