Starring Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie

Henry Hobson, a prosperous boot-maker, is a self-important but ineffectual domestic tyrant who spends most of his time drinking while his three daughters run his shop and home. But then his eldest daughter, the strong-willed Maggie, marries meek and mild-mannered Willie Mossop - and sets up her new husband as a rival in business to her father.

David Lean's film version of Harold Brighouse's classic Lancashire comedy stars the inimitable Charles Laughton in one of his most celebrated film roles.

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