Desc: Christmas Lilies of the Field: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Billy Dee Williams, Maria Schell, Fay Hauser, Lisa Mann. Homer Smith returns to the chapel which, years before, he helped to build to find that the nuns have taken in a group of homeless/unwanted/runaway children. Once again, he is inspired by the nuns' faith and selfless devotion, and this time he builds an orphanage and a little school for the children.