Dan Frazer, Francesca Jarvis, Isa Crino
Aimless ex-soldier Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) is on his way to California when his car overheats in the desert. He stops to get some water at an isolated farm and soon finds himself building a chape...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
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Flixster Reviews (235)
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March 23, 2008I'm not normally into classic movies but this is a wonderful movie about faith.
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August 31, 2009Excellent film with Sidney Poitier in an Oscar winning performance as Homer Smith, an ex-GI now traveling contractor. Homer is making his way through a small town in Arizona when his car overheats. He pulls into a place and encounters a group of East German Catholic nuns led by t...( read more)
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September 13, 2008Charming,intelligent and without a doubt,one of the origins of dramedy.It's not a one-man show,it's probably a very spiritual film,which will rise the soul even of the non-Christian groups of people like me,Poitier stomping his politeness in a flawless performance.
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March 21, 2009Sidney Poitier did an outstanding job in this film.
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March 10, 2009This movie is stuck in my brain for life, I remember from many Easter's past, and it has a special place in my heart. The music is bright, the acting good, Sydney Portier makes the perfect Homer Smith. The nuns are a lot of fun too along with other great characters as they hope t...( read more)
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March 8, 2009Talk about dated... I caught this on TCM on a Sunday afternoon. What a surprise Mother Marie was such an ungrateful b*tch - NOT! Oh my, me thinks my catholic roots may be showing. Best get those covered straight away!
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December 18, 2008i watched this film with a very good friend of mine a little over a year ago before she moved away... will never forget her or this movie
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