Hobson's Choice (1954)

Name: Hobson's Choice
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1954
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, Prunella Scales

1h 47m United Kingdom

Comedy Drama Romance

Plot

Henry Hobson, a domineering widower, runs a thriving boot-making business in Victorian Salford while indulging in local pub life. Reluctant to part with money for his daughters' marriages, he enforces a strict rule against them marrying, seeing it as a financial burden. However, his eldest daughter, Maggie, is determined to challenge his authority. Resourceful and headstrong, she devises a plan to assert her independence and find love while navigating her father's oppressive reign. As tensions rise, Maggie's rebellion may change the dynamics of their family forever.

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