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 MillsWilliam Mossop
- Prunella ScalesVicky Hobson
- Charles LaughtonHenry Horatio Hobson
- John LaurieDr. McFarlane
- Richard WattisAlbert Prosser
- Edie MartinOld Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
- Brenda De BanzieMaggie Hobson
- Raymond HuntleyNathaniel Beenstock
- Daphne AndersonAlice Hobson
- Helen HayeMrs. Hepworth
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