Lilies of the Field

1963 · 94 min · ★ 7.2 / 10 · 235 votes

Comedy · Drama

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 Poitier · Lilia Skala · Lisa Mann · Isa Crino · Francesca Jarvis · Pamela Branch · Stanley Adams · Dan Frazer · Bobby Driscoll · Ralph Nelson

Director

Ralph Nelson