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Hobson's Choice

A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment

7.419541h 48mNR

ComedyDramaRomance

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

Directed by David Lean

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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

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