Book Version and Sequel
The book version closes with a chapter in which Homer Smith (remembered as "Schmidt," the nuns' name for him) and what he did have blossomed into a myth among the townsfolk. In the legend, Schmidt is no mere man, but an angel (complete with visible halo) sent by God with a full understanding of his mission to the nuns. The oil painting that the nuns place on the back wall of the chapel is of a saint who bears a striking resemblance to Homer Schmidt.
A sequel, Christmas Lilies of the Field, was made in 1979 for television.
Jester Hairston, who wrote the gospel arrangement of Amen used in the film, and who arranged the vocal parts, also dubbed the vocals for Poitier, who was famously tone-deaf.
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