
Hobson's Choice (1954)
1h 47m | PG-13
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
Cast

Charles Laughton
as Henry Horatio Hobson

John Mills
as William Mossop

Brenda De Banzie
as Maggie Hobson

Daphne Anderson
as Alice Hobson

Prunella Scales
as Vicky Hobson

Richard Wattis
as Albert Prosser