Hobson's Choice

A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment

A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

Comedy Drama Romance

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))

Robert Brooks Turner

(Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited))