Lilies of the Field
1963
***½
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis, Stanley Adams, Dan Frazer, Ralph Nelson, John Harmon, Pamela Branch
A traveling handyman, Homer Smith, encounters a group of German speaking nuns and ends up staying and building a chapel for them. This likeable drama comedy is based on William Edmund Barrett's 1962 novel, and the world it portrays has innocence of a bygone age. Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win an Academy Award.
