Lilies of the Field

Homer Smith, an itinerant handyman, is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also wants him to build their chapel – for free! Hesitant at first, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he’ll leave that dusty desert town a much better place than when he found it., A warm, sensitive handyman who, while stranded in an Arizona desert town, builds a chapel for a lively group of nuns ., A drifting handyman gets a new perspective on life from a persuasive group of Arizona nuns, who rope him into fixing their chapel roof., An itinerant ex-GI builds a chapel for a desert convent, becoming the answer to the mother superior’s prayers while endearing himself to the local townspeople and avoiding an arrest for a previous crime., An unemployed construction worker, Homer Smith, 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, Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert…, In this film, a traveling laborer meets five nuns in the Arizona desert. The appearance of Homer Smith convinces the Mother Superior he is an answer to her prayers. He wins the hearts of the nuns and the thanks of the town, as initial reluctance turns into public acceptance., Sidney Poitier scooped the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as a handyman who helps a congregation of nuns to build a Chapel on wasteland.