Hobson's Choice (1954)
Overview
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $210,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.2403 |
Directed By
David Lean
Crew
David Lean
David Lean
Wynyard Browne
Harold Brighouse
David Lean
Malcolm Arnold
Jack Hildyard
Peter Taylor
Wilfred Shingleton
John Armstrong
George Partleton
Tony Sforzini
Adrian Pryce-Jones
John Palmer
Norman Spencer
Norman Spencer
Ken Ritchie
Margaret Townsend
Ray Hearne
Muir Mathieson
Julia Squire
Peter Newbrook
John Cox
Buster Ambler
Red Law
William Hutchinson
Gladys Atkinson
Maggie Unsworth
Barbara Hopkins
Alan Hall
TOP CAST
Charles Laughton
Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills
William Mossop
Brenda De Banzie
Maggie Hobson
Daphne Anderson
Alice Hobson
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
Philip Stainton
Denton
Dorothy Gordon
Ada Figgins
Madge Brindley
Mrs. Figgins
John Laurie
Dr. McFarlane
Raymond Huntley
Nathaniel Beenstock
Jack Howarth
Tubby Wadlow
Herbert C. Walton
Printer
Edie Martin
Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner
Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)
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