Hobson's Choice
(1954)

A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment

Released: 1954-04-19

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Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.

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Charles Laughton

as Henry Horatio Hobson

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John Mills

as William Mossop

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Brenda De Banzie

as Maggie Hobson

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Daphne Anderson

as Alice Hobson

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Prunella Scales

as Vicky Hobson

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Richard Wattis

as Albert Prosser

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Derek Blomfield

as Freddy Beenstock

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Helen Haye

as Mrs. Hepworth

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Dorothy Gordon

as Ada Figgins

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Madge Brindley

as Mrs. Figgins

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John Laurie

as Dr. McFarlane

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Raymond Huntley

as Nathaniel Beenstock

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Edie Martin

as Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)

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Leonard Sharp

as Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)

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Malcolm Arnold

Original Music Composer

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Adrian Pryce-Jones

Assistant Director

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David Lean

Screenplay

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Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

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John Armstrong

Costume Design

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John Palmer

Production Manager

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Norman Spencer

Associate Producer

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Ken Ritchie

Boom Operator

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Margaret Townsend

Production Secretary

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Ray Hearne

Still Photographer

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Red Law

Sound Recordist

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