Hobson's Choice 1954 DVD - Charles Laughton / John Mills
Widower Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a successful bootmaker and a tyrannical father of three daughters who all want to leave him by getting married, but he refuses because marriage traditions require him to pay out settlements.
Cast:
Charles Laughton as Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills as Will Mossop
Brenda De Banzie as Maggie Hobson
Daphne Anderson as Alice Hobson
Prunella Scales as Vickey Hobson
Richard Wattis as Albert Prosser
Derek Blomfield as Freddy Beenstock
Helen Haye as Mrs. Hepworth, the financial backer
Raymond Huntley as Nathaniel Beenstock
Jack Howarth as Tubby Wadlow, another Hobson employee
Joseph Tomelty as Jim Heeler
Julien Mitchell as Sam Minns, the publican
Gibb McLaughlin as Tudsbury
Philip Stainton as Denton
John Laurie as Dr. MacFarlane
Dorothy Gordon as Ada Figgins
Madge Brindley as Mrs Figgins
Runtime: 107 Minutes