Hobson's Choice
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United Kingdom · 1954
1h 47m
Director David Lean
Starring Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Henry Hobson tyrannically runs a boot maker’s shop, for which he he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. A stingy widower, he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements. Upon hearing this news, his eldest daughter, Maggie, promptly rebels.
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