Come Back, Little Sheba (1978)

Directed by

Silvio Narizzano

Genre

drama film, television play, drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recovering alcoholic and his lonely wife live out a quiet, strained life in a boarding house. Their fragile routines get disrupted when a lively young tenant comes to stay.

melancholicintimatetheatricalrestrainedpoignantslow-paceddomestictendersomber

What happens

"Come Back, Little Sheba" is a 1977 videotaped television film production of the play of the same name by William Inge produced by Granada Television as part of the anthology series Laurence Olivier Presents transmitted in the UK by ITV on 1 January 1978. The selected plays were intended to represent "the best" in 20th Century theatre, staged for television. It aired in the United States on NBC on 31 December 1977. The original play premiered on Broadway in 1950 and was subsequently filmed in 1952. In this version, the cast is led by Laurence Olivier as Doc Delaney and Joanne Woodward as Lola, and features Carrie Fisher as Marie, Patience Collier as Mrs. Coffman, Jay Benedict as Bruce, and Nicholas Campbell as Turk. It was directed by Silvio Narizzano. The play was released as part of a 6-DVD set of Laurence Olivier Presents, which also includes "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Collection", "Saturday, Sunday, Monday", and "Hindle Wakes". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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