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.
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Lilies of the Field
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Movie · Comedy · Drama · NR
1963 · 1h 34m · ★ 59% (28K)
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
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.
Director
Ralph Nelson
Production
Rainbow Productions, United Artists
Cast
Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis, Pamela Branch, Stanley Adams, Dan Frazer, Bobby Driscoll, Ralph Nelson, Jester Hairston