Hobson's Choice (film)

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Hobson's Choice
Directed by	David Lean
Produced by	David Lean
Written by	Harold Brighouse Wynyard Browne David Lean Norman Spencer
Starring	Charles Laughton Brenda De Banzie John Mills
Music by	Malcolm Arnold
Cinematography	Jack Hildyard
Distributed by	British Lion Films London Films United Artists
Running time	107 min.
Language	English
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Hobson's Choice is a 1954 film directed by David Lean, based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse. It stars Charles Laughton in the title role of Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson, Brenda De Banzie as his eldest daughter Maggie, and John Mills as his assistant, Willie Mossop. The film also features a young Prunella Scales, in one of her first roles, as daughter Vicky Hobson.

The film's title is an allusion to Hobson's choice - that is, no choice at all.

See the article about the play for further plot details.

David Lean
1940s	In Which We Serve (with Noel Coward) | This Happy Breed | Blithe Spirit | Brief Encounter | Great Expectations | Oliver Twist | The Passionate Friends
1950s	Madeline | The Sound Barrier | Hobson's Choice | Summertime | The Bridge on the River Kwai
1960s	Lawrence of Arabia | Doctor Zhivago
1970s	Ryan's Daughter
1980s	A Passage to India
Television	Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979)

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