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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.
Theatrical
Oct 1, 1963
Box Office
$7.0M
Budget
$247K
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28.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 6, 2001
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Rainbow Productions, United Artists
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Cast
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Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
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Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
F
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
S
Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito
D
Dan Frazer
Father Murphy
B
Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
R
Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
J
Jester Hairston
Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
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