Hobson's Choice

David Lean

Harold Brighouse
David Lean
Norman Spencer
Wynyard Browne

[Cast Group]
Actor: Charles Laughton | Character: Henry Hobson
Actor: John Mills | Character: William Mossop
Actor: Brenda de Banzie | Character: Maggie Hobson
Actor: Daphne Anderson | Character: Alice Hobson
Actor: Prunella Scales | Character: Vicky Hobson
Actor: Richard Wattis | Character: Albert Prosser
Actor: Derek Blomfield | Character: Freddy Beenstock
Actor: Helen Haye | Character: Mrs. Hepworth
Actor: Joseph Tomelty | Character: Jim Heeler
Actor: Julien Mitchell | Character: Sam Minns
Actor: Gibb McLaughlin | Character: Tudsbury
Actor: Philip Stainton | Character: Denton
Actor: Dorothy Gordon | Character: Ada Figgins
Actor: Madge Brindley | Character: Mrs. Figgins
Actor: John Laurie | Character: Dr. McFarlane
Actor: Raymond Huntley | Character: Nathaniel Beenstock
Actor: Jack Howarth | Character: Tubby Wadlow
Actor: Herbert C. Walton | Character: Printer
Actor: Edie Martin | Character: Old Lady Buying Shoelaces
Actor: Hal Osmond | Character: Man who serves the Writ on Hobson
Actor: Leonard Sharp | Character: Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop
Actor: Robert Brooks Turner | Character: Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar

[Directors Group]
Name: David Lean | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Harold Brighouse | Role: Writer
Name: David Lean | Role: Writer
Name: Norman Spencer | Role: Writer
Name: Wynyard Browne | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: David Lean | Role: Producer
Name: Norman Spencer | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Malcolm Arnold | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Jack Hildyard | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Peter Taylor | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Wilfred Shingleton | Role: Art Director

[Costume Design Group]
Name: John Armstrong | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Gladys Atkinson | Role: Makeup Department
Name: George Partleton | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Tony Sforzini | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: John Palmer | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Adrian Pryce-Jones | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: John George | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Joe Marks | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Bert Pearl | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: William Hutchinson | Role: Art Department
Name: James Sawyer | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Buster Ambler | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Cox | Role: Sound Department
Name: Red Law | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jimmy Dooley | Role: Sound Department
Name: Barbara Hopkins | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bob Jones | Role: Sound Department
Name: Peter Meyers | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ken Ritchie | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ivor Worsley | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Bob Cuff | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Wally Veevers | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Peter Newbrook | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Alan Hall | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ray Hearne | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dennis C. Lewiston | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gerry Turpin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Julia Squire | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Teddy Darvas | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Norman Savage | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Muir Mathieson | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Margaret Townsend | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Maggie Unsworth | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Pamela Mann | Role: Additional Crew

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Canada: February 19, 1954
United Kingdom: February 26, 1954 (London)
South Africa: March 5, 1954 (Johannesburg)
Denmark: April 19, 1954
United Kingdom: April 19, 1954
South Africa: April 26, 1954 (Cape Town)
South Africa: April 28, 1954 (Durban)
Belgium: April 30, 1954 (Brussels)
Sweden: May 7, 1954
West Germany: June 1954 (Berlin International Film Festival)
United States: June 14, 1954 (New York City, New York)
Australia: July 15, 1954
West Germany: November 8, 1954
Finland: November 19, 1954
France: December 17, 1954
Italy: January 15, 1955
Austria: February 1955
Japan: March 1, 1955
Netherlands: March 25, 1955
Portugal: May 2, 1955
Argentina: March 8, 1956
Spain: April 6, 1959 (Madrid)
Spain: June 25, 1959 (Barcelona)
Mexico: July 28, 1960
France: October 25, 1995 (re-release)
United Kingdom: June 26, 2012 (re-release)
Australia: May 4, 2014 (DVD premiere)
France: December 4, 2024 (re-release, restored version)

Winner | 1954 | Berlin International Film Festival | Golden Berlin Bear | Competition | David Lean, Hobson's Choice
Nominee | 1955 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Actor | John Mills, Hobson's Choice
Nominee | 1955 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Actress | Brenda de Banzie, Hobson's Choice
Winner | 1955 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Film | Hobson's Choice
Nominee | 1955 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Screenplay | David Lean, Norman Spencer, Wynyard Browne, Hobson's Choice
Nominee | 1955 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Film from any Source | Hobson's Choice

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