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.

Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Written by: James Poe
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Tagline: Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
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Cast:
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith 
Lilia Skala Lilia Skala
Mother Maria 
Lisa Mann Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude 
Isa Crino Isa Crino
Sister Agnes 
Francesca Jarvis Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine 
Pamela Branch Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth 
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Also known as:
  • Los lirios del valle
  • Os Lírios do Campo
  • Les lys des champs