Hobson's Choice
1954 · ★ 7.3 · Dir. David Lean
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
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.
- Released
- 1954-04-19
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
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Charles Laughton
Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills
William Mossop
Brenda De Banzie
Maggie Hobson
Daphne Anderson
Alice Hobson
Joseph Tomelty
Jim Heeler
Richard Wattis
Albert Prosser
Prunella Scales
Vicky Hobson
Derek Blomfield
Freddy Beenstock
Helen Haye
Mrs. Hepworth
Julien Mitchell
Sam Minns
Gibb McLaughlin
Tudsbury
Philip Stainton
Denton
