Lilies of the Field
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...Jun. 04, 196394 Min.
Synopsis
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.
Original title
Lilies of the Field
IMDb Rating
7.5
TMDb Rating
7.2 173 votes
Director
Director
Cast
Homer Smith
Mother Maria
Sister Gertrude
Sister Agnes
Sister Albertine
Sister Elizabeth
Juan Acolito
Father Murphy
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
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