Tag: William E. Barrett

Left Hand Of God Script

Script by:Alfred Hayes (Screenplay), William E. Barrett (Novel)
Directed by:Edward Dmytryk
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048291

Plot:A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
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Lilies Of The Field Script

Script by:William E. Barrett (Novel), James Poe (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ralph Nelson
Year:1963
IMDb:tt0057251

Plot: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...
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