A Hobson's Choice means Take It or Leave It, so no choice at all.The movie, Hobson's Choice, starring Charles Laughton is a really fun movie about lots of take it or leave it.
This delightful seldom aired little masterpiece of a movie is one of David Lean's best. It was just released on DVD.
Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, and all the supporting cast are on top form in this story (based on the play by Harold Brigham) about the goings-on in a Salford shoe shop.
Hobson, the hard drinking proprietor of the shop, is a "big fish in a little pond", but who gets his come-uppance by way of his eldest daughter.
Be sure to notice that Hobson's youngest daughter is played by a very young Prunella Scales, who later finds fame as Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers.
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