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Hobson's Choice(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-04-19
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147 Votes
Time: 1h 47m
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
London Films Productions
British Lion Films
Movie: Hobson's Choice
Top 10 Billed Cast
Charles Laughton
Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills
William Mossop
Brenda De Banzie
Maggie Hobson
Daphne Anderson
Alice Hobson
Prunella Scales
Vicky Hobson
Richard Wattis
Albert Prosser
Derek Blomfield
Freddy Beenstock
Helen Haye
Mrs. Hepworth
Joseph Tomelty
Jim Heeler
Julien Mitchell
Sam Minns
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