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product_id: 99688134
title: "Hobson's Choice - 60th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1954]"
brand: "charles laughtonjohn millsdavid lean"
price: "€ 19.02"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 8
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# Hobson's Choice - 60th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1954]

**Brand:** charles laughtonjohn millsdavid lean
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- **What is this?** Hobson's Choice - 60th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1954] by charles laughtonjohn millsdavid lean
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## Description

Hobson's Choice - 60th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1954]

## Product Details

- **Format:** PAL
- **Contributor:** Joseph Tomelty, John Laurie, David Lean, Derek Blomfield, Richard Wattis, Charles Laughton, Prunella Scales, Brenda De Banzie, Julien Mitchell, John Mills, Helen Haye, Daphne Anderson, Gibb McLaughlin, Dorothy Gordon
- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 1 hour and 42 minutes
- **Colour:** Black & White

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A classic
*by K***  on 30 May 2025*

So much talent in the making of this film, the great David Lean, John Mills, Charles Laughton, Brenda De Banzie. This is a film that has stood the test of time and has shown itself to be a true classic.Enjoy it, by gum, aye enjoy it

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely film.
*by K***L on 31 May 2025*

Love this film, wanted our own copy to watch when we wanted.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A British Classic
*by A***E on 4 February 2010*

Hobson's Choice [DVD] [1953]Forget that this is a film of a stage-play. It stands in its own right as a classic piece of its own time. It is a comedy of note and one which I find myself able to watch time and time again.Charles Laughton plays Hobson, the owner of a shoe-shop/cobblers. He is a man of position in the locality, but is also a drunk. He is not only drinking away the profits of the business, but he is losing custom fast.As a father he looks on his eldest daughter Maggie (Brenda de Banzie)as a skivvy. Being the oldest and least likely to be married off of his three daughters, she seems to be trapped into a lifteime of servitude to her father. Hobson employs a boot boy, Will Mossop (John Mills) who is very definitely 'downstairs' - literally, in the sense that he makes boots in the basement of the shop. Will, however, is the rising star and it is his ability as a boot-maker which keeps customers coming back.Maggie is determined to break out of her virtual enslavement and sets her sights on Will. She has a strong character and 'leads' Will into marriage. Hobson resents the upstart, makes this plain and this inevitably leads to him getting rid of Mossop - the only real asset of his shop. The bootboy and his new wife now have no choice but to set up shop on their own.The rest of the film is devoted to the rise of Mossop and the decline of Hobson.The film was released in 1953 in black and white and was directed by David Lean with small supporting parts for Prunella Scales Richard Wattis and John Laurie. Although Laughton gets the biggest credit for the film, in my opinion, Mills deserves the accolade for a finely observed character performance.It is a classic not to be missed.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-19*