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An unsung comic triumph from David Lean, Hobson’s Choice stars the legendary Charles Laughton as the harrumphing Henry Hobson, the owner of a boot shop in late Victorian northern England. With his haughty, independent daughter Maggie (Brenda De Banzie) decides to forge her own path, romantically and professionally, with none other than Henry’s prized bootsmith Will (a splendid John Mills), father and daughter find themselves head-to-head in a fiery match of wills. Equally charming and caustic, Hobson’s Choice, adapted from Harold Brighouse’s famous play, is filled to the brim with great performances and elegant, inventive camera work.
Original Release
02/19/1954
US Release
06/14/1954
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Laughton | Henry Hobson / 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 |
Directors
Writers
David Lean, Harold Brighouse, Norman Spencer, Wynyard Browne
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Laughton | Henry Hobson / 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 |
Gibb McLaughlin | Tudsbury |
Philip Stainton | Denton |
Dorothy Gordon | Ada Figgins |
Madge Brindley | Mrs. Figgins |
John Laurie | Dr. McFarlane |
Raymond Huntley | Nathaniel Beenstock |
Jack Howarth | Tubby Wadlow |
Herbert C. Walton | Printer |
Edie Martin | Old Lady Buying Shoelaces |
Leonard Sharp | Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Lean | Producer |
Norman Spencer | Producer |