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Hobson's Choice

Cast

Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson View All


Crew

David Lean (Screenplay), David Lean (Director), Wynyard Browne (Screenplay), Norman Spencer (Screenplay) View All

Release: Apr. 19th, 1954
Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes
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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Citizen Rules
Yes, the dirty river isn't what the film is about but the choice of shooting scenes through the entire movie set the emotions and feel of the film.
Gideon58
It's a little unsettling watching Maggie's initial manipulation of Willie, but we learn that being manipulated is exactly what Willie the doormat needed and watching the kind of man that Maggie molds Willie into is just a joy to watch.


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