Hobson's Choice
1954Henry 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.
Acted in
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
Philip Stainton
as Denton
Dorothy Gordon
as Ada Figgins
Madge Brindley
as Mrs. Figgins
John Laurie
as Dr. McFarlane
Raymond Huntley
as Nathaniel Beenstock
Jack Howarth
as Tubby Wadlow
Herbert C. Walton
as Printer
Edie Martin
as Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
as Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner
as Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)