1954 • NR • 1h 47m
7.4/10
(126 users) 
Overview
Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.
7.4/10
(126 users) Cast / Crew 
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 
Joseph Tomelty Jim Heeler 
Julien Mitchell Sam Minns 
Gibb McLaughlin Tudsbury 
Philip Stainton Denton 
Dorothy Gordon Ada Figgins 
Madge Brindley Mrs. Figgins 
John Laurie Dr. McFarlane 
David Lean Director John Armstrong Costume Design 
Malcolm Arnold Original Music Composer Peter Taylor Editor Tony Sforzini Makeup Artist David Lean Producer 
Jack Hildyard Director of Photography Wynyard Browne Screenplay Harold Brighouse Theatre Play Adrian Pryce-Jones Assistant Director David Lean Screenplay Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction George Partleton Makeup Artist John Palmer Production Manager Norman Spencer Associate Producer
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 Joseph Tomelty Jim Heeler Julien Mitchell Sam Minns Gibb McLaughlin Tudsbury Philip Stainton Denton Dorothy Gordon Ada Figgins Madge Brindley Mrs. Figgins John Laurie Dr. McFarlane David Lean Director John Armstrong Costume Design Malcolm Arnold Original Music Composer Peter Taylor Editor Tony Sforzini Makeup Artist David Lean Producer Jack Hildyard Director of Photography Wynyard Browne Screenplay Harold Brighouse Theatre Play Adrian Pryce-Jones Assistant Director David Lean Screenplay Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction George Partleton Makeup Artist John Palmer Production Manager Norman Spencer Associate Producer 
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