Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
Director: Daniel Mann · Writer: Ketti Frings
A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.
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Director
Daniel Mann
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Doc Delaney 
Shirley Booth
Lola Delaney 
Terry Moore
Marie Buckholder 
Richard Jaeckel
Turk Fisher 
Philip Ober
Ed Anderson 
Edwin Max
Elmo Huston 
Lisa Golm
Mrs. Coffman 
Walter Kelley
Bruce Cunningham 
Ned Glass
Man at AA Meeting (uncredited) 
William Haade
Hospital Intern (uncredited)
Virginia Hall
Blonde in Restaurant (uncredited) 
Anthony Jochim
Mr. Cruthers (uncredited) User Reviews (1)
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 pl…
