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Lilies of the Field 1963

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
Critics score:
100 / 100
Tagline: Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
Cast:
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith 
Ralph Nelson Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited) 
Lilia Skala Lilia Skala
Mother Maria 
Stanley Adams Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito 
Bobby Driscoll Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited) 
Dan Frazer Dan Frazer
Father Murphy 
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Also known as:
  • Les lys des champs
  • Los lirios del valle
  • Os Lírios do Campo