Lilies of the Field
# Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
German
,
Spanish
,
English
π Date Released:
1963-06-04
β Running Time:
94 mins
β Vote Average:
7.2
Beloved Cast
Homer Smith
Sidney Poitier
Mother Maria
Lilia Skala
Sister Gertrude
Lisa Mann
Sister Agnes
Isa Crino
Sister Albertine
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Elizabeth
Pamela Branch
Juan Acolito
Stanley Adams
Father Murphy
Dan Frazer
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Bobby Driscoll
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson