Hobson's Choice poster
Screenplay David Lean, Wynyard Browne, Norman Spencer
Director David Lean

Hobson's Choice

Tagline: A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment

Release Date: 1954-04-19

Duration: 107 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • John Mills
    William Mossop
  • Prunella Scales
    Vicky Hobson
  • Charles Laughton
    Henry Horatio Hobson
  • John Laurie
    Dr. McFarlane
  • Richard Wattis
    Albert Prosser
  • Edie Martin
    Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
  • Brenda De Banzie
    Maggie Hobson
  • Raymond Huntley
    Nathaniel Beenstock
  • Daphne Anderson
    Alice Hobson
  • Helen Haye
    Mrs. Hepworth