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- Charles LaughtonHenry Horatio Hobson
- John MillsWillie Mossop
- Brenda de BanzieMaggie Hobson
- Daphne AndersonAlice Hobson
- Prunella ScalesVicky Hobson
- Richard WattisAlbert Prosser
- Derek BlomfieldFreddy Beenstock
- Helen HayeMrs. Hepworth
- Joseph TomeltyJim Heeler
- Julien MitchellSam Minns
- Gibb McLaughlinTudsbury
- Philip StaintonDenton
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Hobson's Choice is a 1954 British romantic comedy film directed by David Lean. It is based on the 1916 play of the same name by Harold Brighouse. It stars Charles Laughton in the role of Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson, Brenda de Banzie as his eldest daughter and John Mills as a timid employee.
Hobson's Choice: Directed by David Lean. With Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson. Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- David Lean
- 1954-04-19
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.
Hobson's Choice - Full Cast & Crew. An alcoholic, tyranical business owner competes with a rival company formed by a former employee who has married his old-maid daughter. The man is...
- Norman Spencer, David Lean, Stuart Latham
Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton), a British widower, is the overbearing owner of a shoe shop. His three daughters -- Alice, Vicky and Maggie (Brenda De Banzie) -- work for him and all are eager to...
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- Comedy
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An unsung comic triumph from David Lean, Hobson’s Choice stars the legendary Charles Laughton as the harrumphing Henry Hobson, the owner of a boot shop in late Victorian northern England.