Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

1954/04/19 • Released • English

Comedy
Drama
7.4
1h 47m

A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment

Overview

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.

Director : David Lean

Casts
Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Henry Horatio Hobson

John Mills

John Mills

William Mossop

Brenda De Banzie

Brenda De Banzie

Maggie Hobson

Daphne Anderson

Daphne Anderson

Alice Hobson

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Vicky Hobson

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Albert Prosser

Derek Blomfield

Derek Blomfield

Freddy Beenstock

Helen Haye

Helen Haye

Mrs. Hepworth

Joseph Tomelty

Joseph Tomelty

Jim Heeler

Julien Mitchell

Julien Mitchell

Sam Minns

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

Tudsbury

Philip Stainton

Philip Stainton

Denton

Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon

Ada Figgins

Madge Brindley

Mrs. Figgins

John Laurie

John Laurie

Dr. McFarlane

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Nathaniel Beenstock

Jack Howarth

Tubby Wadlow

Herbert C. Walton

Printer

Edie Martin

Edie Martin

Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)

Leonard Sharp

Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)

Robert Brooks Turner

Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)

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