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The David Lean Film: Hobson's Choice

on BBC Two England

Starring Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie

Henry Hobson, a prosperous bootmaker, is a self-important but ineffectual domestic tyrant whose three daughters run his shop and home.

(Lawrence of Arabia on Friday at 4.55 pm)
Films: page 27

Contributors

Screenplay/Producer/Director:
David Lean
Screenplay:
Wynyard Browne.
Screenplay:
Norman Spencer
Based on the play by:
Harold Brighouse
Henry:
Charles Laughton
Willie Mossop:
John Mills
Maggie:
Brenda de Banzie
Alice:
Daphne Anderson
Vicky:
Prunella Scales
Albert:
Richard Wattis
Freddy:
Derek Blomfield
Jim Heeler:
Joseph Tomelty

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