Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice (1954)

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.

star 7.4 7.7 91%
  • Release Date: 1954-04-19
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Director: David Lean

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    Cast

    • Charles Laughton

      Henry Horatio Hobson

    • John Mills

      William Mossop

    • Brenda De Banzie

      Maggie Hobson

    • Daphne Anderson

      Alice Hobson

    • Prunella Scales

      Vicky Hobson

    • Richard Wattis

      Albert Prosser

    • Derek Blomfield

      Freddy Beenstock

    • Helen Haye

      Mrs. Hepworth

    • Joseph Tomelty

      Jim Heeler

    • Julien Mitchell

      Sam Minns

    • Gibb McLaughlin

      Tudsbury

    • Philip Stainton

      Denton

    • Dorothy Gordon

      Ada Figgins

    • Madge Brindley

      Mrs. Figgins

    • John Laurie

      Dr. McFarlane

    • Raymond Huntley

      Nathaniel Beenstock

    • Jack Howarth

      Tubby Wadlow

    • Herbert C. Walton

      Printer

    • 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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