Lilies of the Field

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-07-05

Languages:

English, German, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (6105 Reviews)

Director:

Ralph Nelson

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Sidney Poitier Lilia Skala Lisa Mann Isa Crino

Writer:

James Poe (screenplay)

William E. Barrett (novel)

Fullplot:

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...

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