Apr 19, 1954
107 min
Full-HD

Hobson's Choice (1954)

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.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

London Films Productions British Lion Films

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

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