Burt Lancaster, Philip Ober, Richard Jaeckel, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore
A movie version of the play by William Inge, COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA is the story of "Doc" and "Lola" Delaney -- a sadly aging couple whose attention seems drawn undistractably to lost dreams and fail...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004
Stats: 43 reviews
A bleak film, but extremely well written and very moving. Shirley Booth gives a tour-de-force performance and even outshines Burt Lancaster. She deservedly won an Oscar. Well directed, good photography.
Shirley Booth, Best Actress, 1952, as "Lola Delaney" in "Come Back, Little Sheba".
Shirley Booth gives a beautiful performance in this heart breaker, Burt Lancaster is also very fine in a portrait of a sad dance of need and devotion.
This movie is actually about disapointment and losses in our lives and how to move past them and enjoy the rest. Lancaster IS too young for this role - but played it well none the less. He plays a man struggling with his alcoholisim - to stay sober, and his wife played by Shirley...( read more)
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