

MovieComedyDramaRomance
Hobson's Choice
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
7.4(175)19541h 48m
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
- Director
- David Lean
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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)
Crew
Directing
- David LeanDirector
- Adrian Pryce-JonesAssistant Director
- Maggie UnsworthContinuity
Writing
- Wynyard BrowneScreenplay
- Harold BrighouseTheatre Play
- David LeanScreenplay
- Norman SpencerScreenplay
Production
- David LeanProducer
- John PalmerProduction Manager
- Norman SpencerAssociate Producer
- Margaret TownsendProduction Secretary
Camera
- Jack HildyardDirector of Photography
- Ray HearneStill Photographer
- Peter NewbrookCamera Operator
- Alan HallClapper Loader
Editing
- Peter TaylorEditor
Sound
- Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- Ken RitchieBoom Operator
- Red LawSound Recordist
- John CoxSound Supervisor
- Muir MathiesonMusic Director
- Buster AmblerSound Recordist
- Barbara HopkinsSound
Art
- Wilfred ShingletonArt Direction
- William HutchinsonAssistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
- Tony SforziniMakeup Artist
- George PartletonMakeup Artist
- John ArmstrongCostume Design
- Gladys AtkinsonHairdresser
- Julia SquireCostume Supervisor