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Film / 1963
Lilies of the Field
Directed by
Ralph Nelson
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.
The story
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 PoitierHomer Smith
Lilia SkalaMother Maria
Lisa MannSister Gertrude
Isa CrinoSister Agnes
Francesca JarvisSister Albertine
Pamela BranchSister Elizabeth
Stanley AdamsJuan Acolito
Dan FrazerFather Murphy
Bobby DriscollMexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph NelsonMr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester HairstonHomer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
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