Hobson's Choice
(1954)
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
Stars: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, Prunella Scales
Director: David Lean
Writer: Harold Brighouse, Wynyard Browne
Language: English
Studio: London Film Productions
Duration: 107
Henry Hobson runs a successful bootmaker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to rule the lives of his three unruly daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of settlements, eldest daughter Maggie rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star bootmaker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.
Charles Laughton | Henry Horatio Hobson |
John Mills | Willie 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 |
Gibb McLaughlin | Tudsbury |
Philip Stainton | Denton |
Dorothy Gordon | Ada Figgins |
Madge Brindley | Mrs. Figgins |
John Laurie | Dr. MacFarlane |
Raymond Huntley | Nathaniel Beenstock |
Jack Howarth | Tubby Wadlow |
Herbert C. Walton | Printer |
Norman Spencer | associate producer |
Shirley Stelfox | (unconfirmed) |
Malcolm Arnold | Composer |
Edie Martin | Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited) |
Jack Hildyard | Cinematographer |
Leonard Sharp | Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited) |
Peter Taylor | Editor |
Robert Brooks Turner | Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited) |
Wilfred Shingleton | Art Director |
John Armstrong | Custome Designer |
Gladys Atkinson | Hairdresser |
George Partleton | Makeup Artist |
John Palmer | Production Manager |
Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
Adrian Pryce-Jones | Assistant Director |
John George | Third Assistant Director |
Bert Pearl | second assistant director |
William Hutchinson | assistant art director |
Buster Ambler | Sound Recordist |
John Cox | sound supervisor |
Red Law | Sound Recordist |
Ken Ritchie | Boom Operator |
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0047094