Hobson's Choice
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
7.4(165) 1954-04-19 108 minComedyDramaRomance
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
DirectorDavid Lean
ScreenplayDavid Lean
ScreenplayWynyard Browne
ProducerDavid Lean
Original Music ComposerMalcolm Arnold
ScreenplayNorman Spencer
Cast & characters
Charles Laughton
as Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills
as William Mossop
Brenda De Banzie
as Maggie Hobson
Daphne Anderson
as Alice Hobson
Prunella Scales
as Vicky Hobson
Richard Wattis
as Albert Prosser
Derek Blomfield
as Freddy Beenstock
Helen Haye
as Mrs. Hepworth
Joseph Tomelty
as Jim Heeler
Julien Mitchell
as Sam Minns
Gibb McLaughlin
as Tudsbury
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Philip Stainton
as Denton
Dorothy Gordon
as Ada Figgins
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Madge Brindley
as Mrs. Figgins
John Laurie
as Dr. McFarlane
Raymond Huntley
as Nathaniel Beenstock
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Jack Howarth
as Tubby Wadlow
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Herbert C. Walton
as Printer
Edie Martin
as Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
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Leonard Sharp
as Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
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Robert Brooks Turner
as Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)
