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.

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

Release date : 1963-06-04

Production country :
United States of America

Production company :
Rainbow Productions, United Artists

Durasi : 94 Min.

Popularity : 2

7.24

Total Vote : 209

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movie Shortcomings

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