Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice (1954)

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  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1954-04-19
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 133 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: London Films Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: David Lean
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Summary

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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  • Charles Laughton

    as Henry Horatio Hobson

  • John Mills

    as William Mossop

  • Brenda De Banzie

    as Maggie Hobson

  • Daphne Anderson

    as Alice Hobson

  • Prunella Scales

    as Vicky Hobson

  • Richard Wattis

    as Albert Prosser

  • Derek Blomfield

    as Freddy Beenstock

  • Helen Haye

    as Mrs. Hepworth

  • Joseph Tomelty

    as Jim Heeler

  • Julien Mitchell

    as Sam Minns

  • Gibb McLaughlin

    as Tudsbury

  • Philip Stainton

    as Denton

  • Dorothy Gordon

    as Ada Figgins

  • Madge Brindley

    as Mrs. Figgins

  • John Laurie

    as Dr. McFarlane

  • Raymond Huntley

    as Nathaniel Beenstock

  • Jack Howarth

    as Tubby Wadlow

  • Herbert C. Walton

    as Printer

  • Edie Martin

    as Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)

  • Leonard Sharp

    as Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)

  • Robert Brooks Turner

    as Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)
Directing David Lean Director
Costume & Make-Up John Armstrong Costume Design
Sound Malcolm Arnold Original Music Composer
Editing Peter Taylor Editor
Costume & Make-Up Tony Sforzini Makeup Artist
Production David Lean Producer
Camera Jack Hildyard Director of Photography
Writing Wynyard Browne Screenplay
Writing Harold Brighouse Theatre Play
Directing Adrian Pryce-Jones Assistant Director
Writing David Lean Screenplay
Art Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up George Partleton Makeup Artist
Production John Palmer Production Manager
Production Norman Spencer Associate Producer
Writing Norman Spencer Screenplay
Sound Ken Ritchie Boom Operator
Production Margaret Townsend Production Secretary
Camera Ray Hearne Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up Julia Squire Costume Supervisor
Art William Hutchinson Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up Gladys Atkinson Hairdresser
Camera Peter Newbrook Camera Operator
Sound Red Law Sound Recordist
Sound Muir Mathieson Music Director
Directing Maggie Unsworth Continuity
Sound John Cox Sound Supervisor
Sound Buster Ambler Sound Recordist
Sound Barbara Hopkins Sound
Camera Alan Hall Clapper Loader

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