Come Back, Little Sheba

1952

RomanceDrama

A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

"That girl in their house spelled trouble!"

Rating

7.4
34 votes

Popularity

0.729

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Paramount Pictures

Runtime

96 min.

Status

Released

Release: 12/24/1952

Credits

Come Back, Little Sheba

Daniel MannDirector

Come Back, Little Sheba

Burt LancasterDoc Delaney

Come Back, Little Sheba

Shirley BoothLola Delaney

Come Back, Little Sheba

Terry MooreMarie Buckholder

Come Back, Little Sheba

Richard JaeckelTurk Fisher

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

5/8/2024

7 / 10

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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