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Hobson's Choice(Movie, 1954)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Genres: Comedy, Drama
Hobson's ChoiceRating: 3.7/5 (with 4848 votes)
Hobson's Choice is a 1954 British romantic comedy film directed by David Lean. It is based on the 1916 play of the same name by Harold Brighouse. It stars Charles Laughton in the role of Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson, Brenda de Banzie as his eldest daughter and John Mills as a timid employee. The film also features Prunella Scales in one of her first cinema roles. Hobson's Choice won the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film 1954. ()
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About Hobson's Choice

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Manchester
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 15 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/19/1954
Director: David Lean
Producer: David Lean
Screenwriter: David Lean, Wynyard Browne, Norman Spencer
Film Editor: Peter Taylor
Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard
Composer: Malcolm Arnold
Production Designer: Randall Duell
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El déspota"

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Other movies with this title: Hobson's Choice (GB, 1920), Hobson's Choice (GB, 1931), Hobson's Choice (US, 1983)

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