• 'John Laurie' replaced an actor who dropped out.

  • John Mills was an 11th hour casting decision.

  • Alexander Korda suggested to David Lean that he should adapt Harold Brighouse's 1915 stage comedy for the cinema.

  • Charles Laughton had already played the role of Hobson when he was a teenager on stage in his native town of Scarborough.

  • Robert Donat was first choice for the role later taken by 'John Mills'.

  • John Mills often cited this as being his favorite film.

  • The original Broadway production of "Hobson's Choice" by Harold Brighouse opened at the Princess Theater on November 2, 1915 and ran for 135 performances. The play moved to the Comedy Theater during the first month.

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