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.
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth
Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito
Dan Frazer
Father Murphy
Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Ralph Nelson
Director, Producer
James Poe
Screenplay
William E. Barrett
Novel
John W. McCafferty
Editor
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Harry R. Sherman
Assistant Director
Joe Popkin
Assistant Director
Larry Hampton
Production Coordinator
J. Paul Popkin
Associate Producer
Wesley Sherrard
Wardrobe Supervisor
Del Harris
Sound Effects
Carlton W. Faulkner
Sound Engineer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Jester Hairston
Music Arranger
Albert Shaff
Music Editor
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Robert Eaton
Property Master
Leo McCreary
Key Grip
Norman C. McClay
Gaffer
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