Lilies of the Field (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.
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Cast
- Sidney Poitier — Homer Smith
- Lilia Skala — Mother Maria
- Lisa Mann — Sister Gertrude
- Isa Crino — Sister Agnes
- Francesca Jarvis — Sister Albertine
- Pamela Branch — Sister Elizabeth
- Stanley Adams — Juan Acolito
- Dan Frazer — Father Murphy
- Bobby Driscoll — Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
- Ralph Nelson — Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
- Jester Hairston — Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
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