Complete credited cast: | |||
Burt Lancaster | ... | Doc Delaney | |
Shirley Booth | ... | Lola Delaney | |
Terry Moore | ... | Marie Buckholder | |
Richard Jaeckel | ... | Turk Fisher | |
Philip Ober | ... | Ed Anderson | |
Edwin Max | ... | Elmo Chester | |
Lisa Golm | ... | Mrs. Coffman | |
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Walter Kelley | ... | Bruce Cunningham |
For two decades Doc and Lola Delaney avoided coming to terms with what Doc considered a "shot gun" marriage. Lola lost the baby and gives a lot of her affection to Sheba, a dog that disappeared a few months before the film opens. Doc blames Lola for having to drop out of medical school and not becoming a "real" doctor. Until joining AA a year ago, his escape was alcohol. Then college student Marie rents a room in their home. Doc feels passion for the first time in 20 years. But Marie has two suitors her age. Lola -- unaware of Doc's emotions --becomes as interested in Marie's future as if Marie were her daughter. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
I see this movie again and again as it comes on periodically.
If you want to see a great story, greater writing, and greater acting from Shirley Booth, see this.
Shirley Booth won a Tony and an Academy Award for her role. They should have given her 5, each. One of the finest performances ever.
Ever.
Make that 10, each.
To see her performance is to understand where the benchmark of acting starts.
See this. One of the finer exposures on alcoholism within family.