
Lilies of the Field
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.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Rainbow Productions, United Artists
- Keyword: based on novel or book, nun, arizona, homelessness, farm life, chapel, religion, racism, desert, mother superior, theme song, ruins, construction worker, bonding, african american man, religious community, humanitarian work, amen, east german refugees, frugality, circuit priest, desert store
- Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis, Pamela Branch