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7.8/10   1,435 votes
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Director:
David Lean
Writers:
Harold Brighouse (play)
Wynyard Browne (writer)
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Release Date:
19 April 1954 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment
Plot:
Henry Hobson runs a successful bootmaker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
great film more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Mills often cited this as being his favorite film. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Maggie and Will are standing outside the church before their wedding, a cooling tower can be seen to the left of Maggie. It would not have existed in 1800's Salford. more
Movie Connections:
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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
great film, 11 February 2004
8/10
Author: kyle_furr

A great film with a great cast and a great director. The plot has Charles Laughton the owner of shoe shop that is run by his three daughters. Laughton is also a big drunk and his daughters want to get married but he won't let them. This is the third film I've seen of David Lean, after The bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, and i think he's better at directing these kind of films. Charles Laughton is great and so is the rest of the cast. If you get a chance, watch it, you won't be disappointed.

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