Synopsis:
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 |
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Written by: | James Poe |
Runtime: | 94 minutes |
Critics score: | |
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
Homer Smith
Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth
![Sidney Poitier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fhMiCe3ScxBGKEX6Y6flEJm7iHd.jpg)
Homer Smith
![Lilia Skala](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/veiuZGexvC0tnyp8KmU5fWeVE9f.jpg)
Mother Maria
![Lisa Mann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/v17essWCqg3dmKYmxscZFsCPmoO.jpg)
Sister Gertrude
![Isa Crino](/images/default_avatar_sm.jpg)
Sister Agnes
![Francesca Jarvis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4uIKKll4vgjuMmXQEwYkzrDHi2P.jpg)
Sister Albertine
![Pamela Branch](/images/default_avatar_sm.jpg)
Sister Elizabeth
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Also known as:
- Los lirios del valle
- Os Lírios do Campo
- Les lys des champs