Lilies of the Field

Movie Information

Homer Smith, 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 Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert...—Christopher J. Thompson

Director:

Ralph Nelson

Writer:

James Poe, William E. Barrett

Actors:

Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann