Hobson's Choice (1954)
April 19, 1954
Comedy, Drama
1h 47m
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.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- David Lean
- Henry Horatio Hobson Charles Laughton
- William Mossop John Mills
- Maggie Hobson Brenda De Banzie
- Alice Hobson Daphne Anderson
- Vicky Hobson Prunella Scales
- Albert Prosser Richard Wattis
- Freddy Beenstock Derek Blomfield
- Mrs. Hepworth Helen Haye
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Keywords
- northern england
- parent child relationship
- marriage
- marriage of convenience
- drunk
- shoe store