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Hobson's Choice
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Hobson's Choice

"A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment"

1954
1h 47m
7.3(149 votes)
Comedy
Drama
Romance

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.

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21 members
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Charles Laughton

Henry Horatio Hobson

Charles Laughton
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John Mills

William Mossop

John Mills
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Brenda De Banzie

Maggie Hobson

Brenda De Banzie
Acting

Daphne Anderson

Alice Hobson

Daphne Anderson
Acting

Prunella Scales

Vicky Hobson

Prunella Scales
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Richard Wattis

Albert Prosser

Richard Wattis
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Derek Blomfield

Freddy Beenstock

Derek Blomfield
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Helen Haye

Mrs. Hepworth

Helen Haye
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Joseph Tomelty

Jim Heeler

Joseph Tomelty
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Julien Mitchell

Sam Minns

Julien Mitchell
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Gibb McLaughlin

Tudsbury

Gibb McLaughlin
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Philip Stainton

Denton

Philip Stainton
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Dorothy Gordon

Ada Figgins

Dorothy Gordon
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Madge Brindley

Mrs. Figgins

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John Laurie

Dr. McFarlane

John Laurie
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Raymond Huntley

Nathaniel Beenstock

Raymond Huntley
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Jack Howarth

Tubby Wadlow

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Herbert C. Walton

Printer

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Edie Martin

Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)

Edie Martin
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Leonard Sharp

Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)

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Robert Brooks Turner

Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)

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