Hobson's Choice

Synopsis

Henry 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.

Main Cast

Charles Laughton

Henry Horatio Hobson

Age : 63 | Popularity : 73%

John Mills

William Mossop

Age : N/A | Popularity : 79%

Brenda De Banzie

Maggie Hobson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 30%

Daphne Anderson

Alice Hobson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Prunella Scales

Vicky Hobson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 52%

Richard Wattis

Albert Prosser

Age : 62 | Popularity : 36%

Derek Blomfield

Freddy Beenstock

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Helen Haye

Mrs. Hepworth

Age : 83 | Popularity : 22%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	David Lean
	Assistant Director	Adrian Pryce-Jones
	Continuity	Maggie Unsworth
Writing	Screenplay	David Lean Wynyard Browne Norman Spencer
	Theatre Play	Harold Brighouse
Production	Producer	David Lean
	Production Manager	John Palmer
	Associate Producer	Norman Spencer
	Production Secretary	Margaret Townsend
Sound	Original Music Composer	Malcolm Arnold
	Boom Operator	Ken Ritchie
	Music Director	Muir Mathieson
	Sound Supervisor	John Cox
	Sound Recordist	Buster Ambler Red Law
	Sound	Barbara Hopkins
Camera	Director of Photography	Jack Hildyard
	Still Photographer	Ray Hearne
	Camera Operator	Peter Newbrook
	Clapper Loader	Alan Hall
Editing	Editor	Peter Taylor
Art	Art Direction	Wilfred Shingleton
	Assistant Art Director	William Hutchinson
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	John Armstrong
	Makeup Artist	George Partleton Tony Sforzini
	Costume Supervisor	Julia Squire
	Hairdresser	Gladys Atkinson
Department	Role	Name

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