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Hobson's Choice
Directed by
David Lean
Not Rated
1954
1h 48m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
7.7
91%
91%
7.4
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Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
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Cast of Hobson's Choice
Charles Laughton
Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills
William 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. McFarlane
Raymond Huntley
Nathaniel Beenstock
Jack Howarth
Tubby Wadlow
Herbert C. Walton
Printer
Edie Martin
Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
Hobson's Choice Ratings & Reviews
Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
Howard McClay
An exhilarating film frolic.
TIME Magazine
Hobson's Choice is a cheerful little slice of death, warmed over and served with some lively comic sauces by Producer-Director David Lean and Actor Charles Laughton.
Movie Metropolis
Christopher Long
If your drunken buffoon tolerance is higher than mine, you will probably be more kindly disposed towards the film.
Variety
Variety Staff
Although Laughton richly overplays every major scene, his performance remains one of the film's highlights.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
David Lean minor classic that has grown in stature over last five decades.
Slant Magazine
Jeremiah Kipp
Lean's splendid frames specifically work to show the high and low status of a social grid.
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
makes everything old seem brilliantly and often hilariously new
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though Lean's direction is indeed too heavy and careful to give way to much laughter, he has a secret weapon here: Charles Laughton.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A pure joy.
Seanax.com
Sean Axmaker
... a crisply directed comedy full of lively and quirky characters and a tremendous recreation of working class Victorian England.
TV Guide
Laughton is marvelous in this wry comedy.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
A delightful and rewarding British film.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
So much of what makes Hobson's Choice work, however, is Lean's filmmaking craftsmanship. I do not believe there's a single throwaway shot in the film..
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
David Lean directed, with wit and tact.
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