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Lilies of the Field

1963 · 94 min · Comedy, Drama · ★ 7.2

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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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

Crew

  • Director · Ralph Nelson
  • Screenplay · James Poe
  • Producer · Ralph Nelson

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