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Title: Hobson's Choice

Release Date: 19 Apr 1954

Runtime: 1h 47m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: London Films Productions, British Lion Films

Production Companies: London Films Productions, British Lion Films

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.

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Average Vote: 7.4 (132 votes)

Cast

  • Henry Horatio Hobson: Charles Laughton
  • William Mossop: John Mills
  • Maggie Hobson: Brenda De Banzie
  • Alice Hobson: Daphne Anderson
  • Vicky Hobson: Prunella Scales
  • Albert Prosser: Richard Wattis
  • Freddy Beenstock: Derek Blomfield
  • Mrs. Hepworth: Helen Haye
  • Jim Heeler: Joseph Tomelty
  • Sam Minns: Julien Mitchell
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