Lilies of the Field

(1963)Directed by Ralph Nelson94 minComedy, Drama
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

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.

Sidney Poitieras Homer Smith
Lilia Skalaas Mother Maria
Lisa Mannas Sister Gertrude
ICIsa Crinoas Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvisas Sister Albertine
Pamela Branchas Sister Elizabeth
Stanley Adamsas Juan Acolito
Dan Frazeras Father Murphy
Bobby Driscollas Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelsonas Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester Hairstonas Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)