HOBSONS CHOICE

Details

• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Comedy; Drama; Romance
• Plot: 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 the help of 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.
• Cast: Charles Laughton; John Mills; Brenda De Banzie; Daphne Anderson; Prunella Scales; Richard Wattis; Derek Blomfield; Helen Haye; Joseph Tomelty; Julien Mitchell; Gibb McLaughlin; Philip Stainton; Dorothy Gordon; Madge Brindley; John Laurie; Raymond Huntley; Jack Howarth; Herbert C. Walton; Shirley Stelfox; Edie Martin; Leonard Sharp; Robert Brooks Turner; David Lean; Harold Brighouse; Norman Spencer; Wynyard Browne
• Director: David Lean
• Runtime: 1:48
• Company: Criterion
• Media Format: Movie