Hobson's Choice (1954)

Comedy
Drama

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.

Cast

Henry Horatio Hobson
William Mossop
Ada Figgins
Mrs. Figgins
Dr. McFarlane
Nathaniel Beenstock
Tubby Wadlow
Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
Maggie Hobson
Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)
Alice Hobson
Vicky Hobson
Albert Prosser
Freddy Beenstock
Mrs. Hepworth
Jim Heeler

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Assistant Director
Production Manager
Associate Producer
Boom Operator
Production Secretary
Still Photographer
Music Director
Costume Supervisor
Camera Operator
Sound Supervisor
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Assistant Art Director
Clapper Loader