Hobson's Choice
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
1954-04-19 | 107 minutes
Plot 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.
Cast
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Charles LaughtonHenry Horatio Hobson
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John MillsWilliam Mossop
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Brenda De BanzieMaggie Hobson
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Daphne AndersonAlice Hobson
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Prunella ScalesVicky Hobson
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Richard WattisAlbert Prosser
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Derek BlomfieldFreddy Beenstock
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Helen HayeMrs. Hepworth
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Joseph TomeltyJim Heeler
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Julien MitchellSam Minns
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Gibb McLaughlinTudsbury
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Philip StaintonDenton
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Dorothy GordonAda Figgins
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John LaurieDr. McFarlane
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Raymond HuntleyNathaniel Beenstock
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Edie MartinOld Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
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