Come Back, Little Sheba

Come Back, Little Sheba

Director: Daniel Mann Cast: Shirley Booth
Shirley Booth
, Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
, Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel
, Terry Moore
Terry Moore
Daniel Mann
Come Back, Little Sheba

Come Back, Little Sheba

Director: Daniel Mann Cast: Shirley Booth
Shirley Booth
, Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
, Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel
, Terry Moore
Terry Moore
Daniel Mann

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Overview

In the original Broadway production of this William Inge play, Shirley Booth played Lola Delaney, the vulgar, dumpy, less-than-bright "shotgun bride" of recovering alcoholic Doc Delaney, played on stage by Sidney Blackmer, who won a Tony award for his efforts. When time came to film the play, Shirley Booth was retained as Lola, but Burt Lancaster replaced Blackmer as Doc. Although Lancaster seems far too youthful for the role, the film is a fascinating and sometimes funny study of an unhappy marriage made unhappier by the arrival of a sexy stranger. Young Marie (Terry Moore) rents a room from Lola, a tiresome creature who never stops talking, especially about the "imminent" return of her runaway dog Sheba. Doc is having enough trouble staying away from the bottle and resigning himself to his marriage without the curvaceous Marie arousing his baser instincts. The characters interact with gloomy consequences, in the typical kitchen-sink-realism style of Inge's Fifties plays, although a tacked-on happy ending, common to Fifties movie melodramas, pretends otherwise.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/17/2023
UPC: 0810103685581
Original Release: 1952
Source: Paramount
Language: English
Time: 1:35:00
Sales rank: 30,278

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Shirley Booth Lola Delaney
Burt Lancaster Doc Delaney
Richard Jaeckel Turk Fisher
Terry Moore Marie Buckholder
Philip Ober Ed Anderson
Lisa Golm Mrs. Goffman
Walter Kelley Bruce Cunningham
Edwin Max Elmo Huston
William Haade Interne
Virginia Hall Blonde
Anthony Jochim Mr. Cruthers
Peter Leeds Milkman
Kitty McHugh Pearl Stinson
Paul McVey Postman
Beverly Mook Judy Coffman
Virginia Mullen Henrietta
Philip Uber Actor
Franz Waxman Composer

Technical Credits
Daniel Mann Director
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Ketti Frings Screenwriter
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