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Hobson's Choice (1954)

A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment

7.4(163)1h 48mApril 19, 1954

Comedy Drama Romance

David Lean

Director

Wynyard Browne, David Lean, Norman Spencer

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

Cast

Charles Laughton

Henry Horatio Hobson

John Mills

William Mossop

Brenda De Banzie

Maggie Hobson

Daphne Anderson

Alice Hobson

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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

Dorothy Gordon

Ada Figgins

John Laurie

Dr. McFarlane

Raymond Huntley

Nathaniel Beenstock

Edie Martin

Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: April 19, 1954
Revenue: $210,000
Production: London Films Productions, British Lion Films
Country: United Kingdom

Keywords

northern englandparent child relationshipmarriagebased on play or musicalmarriage of convenienceblack and whitedrunkshoe store

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