Hobson's Choice
David Lean1954-04-19
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
7.3
107 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Charles Laughton | Henry Horatio Hobson | Unowned |
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John Mills | William Mossop | Unowned |
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Brenda De Banzie | Maggie Hobson | Unowned |
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Daphne Anderson | Alice Hobson | Unowned |
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Prunella Scales | Vicky Hobson | Unowned |
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Richard Wattis | Albert Prosser | Unowned |
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Derek Blomfield | Freddy Beenstock | Unowned |
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Helen Haye | Mrs. Hepworth | Unowned |
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Joseph Tomelty | Jim Heeler | Unowned |
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Julien Mitchell | Sam Minns | Unowned |
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Gibb McLaughlin | Tudsbury | Unowned |
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Philip Stainton | Denton | Unowned |
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Dorothy Gordon | Ada Figgins | Unowned |
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Madge Brindley | Mrs. Figgins | Unowned |
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John Laurie | Dr. McFarlane | Unowned |
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Raymond Huntley | Nathaniel Beenstock | Unowned |
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Jack Howarth | Tubby Wadlow | Unowned |
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Herbert C. Walton | Printer | Unowned |
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Edie Martin | Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Leonard Sharp | Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Brooks Turner | Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited) | Unowned |