Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 4, 1963

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.

Lilies of the Field

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 4, 1963

Lilies of the Field
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers United Artists, Rainbow Productions
Original title Lilies of the Field
Directors Stanley K. Scheuer, Joe Popkin, Harry R. Sherman, Ralph Nelson
Writers William E. Barrett, James Poe

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

Dan Frazer

as Father Murphy

Bobby Driscoll

as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Ralph Nelson

as Mr. Ashton (uncredited)