UNITED KINGDOM · 1954

Hobson’s Choice (, A David Lean Production for London Films in Association with British Lion) Producer: David Lean. Associate Producer: Norman Spencer. Screenplay: David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne, based on the play by Harold Brighouse. Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard. Art Directed by Wilfred Shingleton. Music: Malcolm Arnold. Cast: Charles Laughton (Henry Hobson), Brenda de Banzie (Maggie), John Mills (Will Mossop), Daphne Anderson (Alice Hobson), Prunella Scales (Vicky Hobson), Richard Wattis (Albert Prosser). Running time: 107 minutes. Distribution: British Lion (G.B.); United Artists (U.S.). Released February 24, (G.B.); June, (U.S.). Filmed at Shepperton Studios and on location in Salford beginning in July, . British Film Academy award for Best Film.

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The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.

Year1954
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorDavid Lean
Hobson’s Choice (, A David Lean Production for London Films in Association with British Lion) Producer: David Lean. Associate Producer: Norman Spencer. Screenplay: David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne, based on the play by Harold Brighouse. Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard. Art Directed by Wilfred Shingleton. Music: Malcolm Arnold. Cast: Charles Laughton (Henry Hobson), Brenda de Banzie (Maggie), John Mills (Will Mossop), Daphne Anderson (Alice Hobson), Prunella Scales (Vicky Hobson), Richard Wattis (Albert Prosser). Running time: 107 minutes. Distribution: British Lion (G.B.); United Artists (U.S.). Released February 24, (G.B.); June, (U.S.). Filmed at Shepperton Studios and on location in Salford beginning in July, . British Film Academy award for Best Film.

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