Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the field / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson.
Publisher:
Kino Lorber Inc.,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy). Title and credits from screen. Based on the novel by William E. Barrett. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Wide screen (1.66:1). Special features: audio commentary by film historian and critic Sergio Mims; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.
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