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Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

# A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
Comedy   Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1954-04-19
⌚ Running Time: 107 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.3

Beloved Cast

Charles Laughton original image
Henry Horatio Hobson
Charles Laughton
John Mills original image
William Mossop
John Mills
Brenda De Banzie original image
Maggie Hobson
Brenda De Banzie
Daphne Anderson original image
Alice Hobson
Daphne Anderson
Prunella Scales original image
Vicky Hobson
Prunella Scales
Richard Wattis original image
Albert Prosser
Richard Wattis
Derek Blomfield original image
Freddy Beenstock
Derek Blomfield
Helen Haye original image
Mrs. Hepworth
Helen Haye
Joseph Tomelty original image
Jim Heeler
Joseph Tomelty
Julien Mitchell original image
Sam Minns
Julien Mitchell
Gibb McLaughlin original image
Tudsbury
Gibb McLaughlin
Philip Stainton original image
Denton
Philip Stainton
Dorothy Gordon original image
Ada Figgins
Dorothy Gordon
Madge Brindley original image
Mrs. Figgins
Madge Brindley
John Laurie original image
Dr. McFarlane
John Laurie
Raymond Huntley original image
Nathaniel Beenstock
Raymond Huntley
Jack Howarth original image
Tubby Wadlow
Jack Howarth
Herbert C. Walton original image
Printer
Herbert C. Walton
Edie Martin original image
Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Edie Martin
Leonard Sharp original image
Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Robert Brooks Turner original image
Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner

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