Lilies of the Field (1963)

Lilies of the Field (1963)

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall... 1963-06-04 United States of America 94 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Synopsis by theflixtor - 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 is Homer Smith
Homer Smith
Lilia Skala is Mother Maria
Mother Maria
Lisa Mann is Sister Gertrude
Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino is Sister Agnes
Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis is Sister Albertine
Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch is Sister Elizabeth
Sister Elizabeth
Stanley Adams is Juan Acolito
Juan Acolito
Dan Frazer is Father Murphy
Father Murphy
Bobby Driscoll is Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson is Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)