Lilies of the Field

Release date: Jun 4, 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.

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Top Cast

Homer Smith

Mother Maria

Sister Gertrude

Sister Agnes

Sister Albertine

Sister Elizabeth

Juan Acolito

Father Murphy

Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Mr. Ashton (uncredited)

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