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Writers:
Harold Brighouse (play)
Wynyard Browne (writer)
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Release Date:
19 April 1954 (Denmark) 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
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Oscar Winner John Mills Dead at 97
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 April 2005)
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great film more (46 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Charles Laughton | ... | Henry Horatio Hobson |
 | John Mills | ... | Willie 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. MacFarlane |
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107 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
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Robert Donat was first choice for the role later taken by 'John Mills'. more
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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
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Version of Hobson's Choice (1931) more
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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.