Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)

Directed by

Daniel Mann

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recovering alcoholic and his frumpy wife live a quiet routine until a young college student rents a room in their house. The couple's fragile marriage is shaken as old tensions and buried resentments surface.

melancholictenseslow-burnintimateclaustrophobicsomberemotionally rawquietly devastating

What happens

Come Back, Little Sheba is a 1952 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann in his directorial debut and produced by Paramount Pictures. The script was adapted by Ketti Frings from the 1950 play of the same title by William Inge. Starring Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, and Richard Jaeckel, the film tells the story of a marriage between a recovering alcoholic and his frumpy wife, which is rocked when a young college student rents a room in the couple's house. The title refers to the wife's little dog that disappeared months before the story begins and whom she still openly grieves for. Booth, who had originated her role on Broadway and was making her film debut, won Best Actress honors at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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