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Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice (1954)

1h 47m | PG-13

⭐ 7.333 / 10

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

Studio: London Films Productions

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

as Henry Horatio Hobson

John Mills

John Mills

as William Mossop

Brenda De Banzie

Brenda De Banzie

as Maggie Hobson

Daphne Anderson

Daphne Anderson

as Alice Hobson

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

as Vicky Hobson

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

as Albert Prosser