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Hobson's Choice

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.

1954 |1h 47m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Charles Laughton

Henry Horatio Hobson

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John Mills

William Mossop

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Brenda De Banzie

Maggie Hobson

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Daphne Anderson

Alice Hobson

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Prunella Scales

Vicky Hobson

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Richard Wattis

Albert Prosser

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Derek Blomfield

Freddy Beenstock

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Helen Haye

Mrs. Hepworth

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Joseph Tomelty

Jim Heeler

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Julien Mitchell

Sam Minns

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Gibb McLaughlin

Tudsbury

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Philip Stainton

Denton

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Dorothy Gordon

Ada Figgins

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John Laurie

Dr. McFarlane

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Raymond Huntley

Nathaniel Beenstock

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Edie Martin

Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)

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Status

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Language

English

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