

Hobson's Choice
Visit website7.4/10 • 133
1954-04-19 • 1h 47m
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
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.
- Directors
- David Lean
- Editors
- Peter Taylor

Hobson's Choice
Visit website1954-04-19 • 1h 47m
7.4/10 • 133
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
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.
- Directors
- David Lean
- Editors
- Peter Taylor
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsCharles 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
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- northern englandparent child relationshipmarriagemarriage of conveniencedrunkshoe store