
Lilies of the Field
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.
Release Date: 1963-06-04
Comedy
Drama
★★★★★★★★★★ (185 votes)
Casts

Sidney Poitier
as Homer Smith

Lilia Skala
as Mother Maria

Lisa Mann
as Sister Gertrude

Francesca Jarvis
as Sister Albertine

Stanley Adams
as Juan Acolito

Dan Frazer
as Father Murphy

Bobby Driscoll
as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Ralph Nelson
as Mr. Ashton (uncredited)