Come Back, Little Sheba
An ill-matched couple's marital tensions surface when the husband develops an attraction to their pretty boarder.
Director(s)
Daniel Mann
Richard McWhorter
Where to watch
Kanopy
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Cast & Crew
Facts
- 1
Shirley Booth won a Tony Award for originating the role on Broadway before reprising it in her film debut.
- 2
To age Burt Lancaster, producers padded his waist and instructed him to stoop and shuffle for the role of Doc.
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I'd never heard of this film until I stumbled upon it today, and boy - what a stumble. Shirley Booth turns in one of the most intense performances I have ever seen. "Lola" is married to recovering alcoholic "Doc" (Burt Lancaster) and they live a meticulously ordered life with her the housewife and he at the hospital. As the story transpires, we learn a little more of what has driven them to their current scenario whilst she yearns for companionship. To that end she rents out their spare room to student "Marie" (Terry Moore). Initially, "Doc" isn't sure, but he takes a shine to the girl - if not to her all-American boyfriend "Turk" (Richard Jaeckel). She seems set on him, though, and as his paternal concern for her choices starts to mount his need for that lone bottle sitting in the cupboard starts to mount too! It's only really in the last fifteen minutes that the story all falls into place and we realise just why both of these characters are as they are. Lancaster plays his role in a measured and entirely convincing fashion as he foils the almost perfect effort from an entirely convincing Booth who elicits sympathy and exasperation in almost equal measure. What's also quite effective here is that the story isn't full of contrived pitfalls and disasters. It's a story of humanity with it's roots in a plausible scenario (of the time, anyway) that has provided these two, perhaps despite themselves, with a true and lasting affection. It's much more of a drama than a romance, and really is worth an hour and half of your time.
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Come Back, Little Sheba FAQs
The directors of Come Back, Little Sheba are Daniel Mann and Richard McWhorter.
The cast of Come Back, Little Sheba includes William Haade as Hospital Intern (uncredited), Ned Glass as Man at AA Meeting (uncredited), Virginia Hall as Blonde in Restaurant (uncredited), Richard Jaeckel as Turk Fisher, Burt Lancaster as Doc Delaney, Terry Moore as Marie Buckholder, Kitty McHugh as Pearl Stinson, AA Member (uncredited), Paul McVey as Postman (uncredited), Philip Ober as Ed Anderson, Peter Leeds as Milkman (uncredited), Lisa Golm as Mrs. Coffman, Virginia Mullen as Henrietta Colby, AA Member (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Come Back, Little Sheba is 1h 36 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Come Back, Little Sheba trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Come Back, Little Sheba was released on 06 Mar 1953.
Come Back, Little Sheba is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
Come Back, Little Sheba has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I'd never heard of this film until I stumbled upon it today, and boy - what a stumble. Shirley Booth turns in one of the most intense performances I have ever seen. "Lola" is ma..."
1. Shirley Booth won a Tony Award for originating the role on Broadway before reprising it in her film debut. 2. To age Burt Lancaster, producers padded his waist and instructed him to stoop and shuffle for the role of Doc.
