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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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie

Released: April 19, 1954

Runtime: 107.0

Popularity Rating: 4.884

British Lion Film Corporation, London Film Productions

United Kingdom

Henry Horatio Hobson Charles Laughton
Willie Mossop John Mills
Maggie Hobson Brenda De Banzie
Alice Hobson Daphne Anderson
Vicky Hobson Prunella Scales
Albert Prosser Richard Wattis
Freddy Beenstock Derek Blomfield
Mrs. Hepworth Helen Haye
Jim Heeler Joseph Tomelty
Sam Minns Julien Mitchell
Tudsbury Gibb McLaughlin
Denton Philip Stainton
Ada Figgins Dorothy Gordon
Mrs. Figgins Madge Brindley
Dr. McFarlane John Laurie
Nathaniel Beenstock Raymond Huntley
Tubby Wadlow Jack Howarth

Art — Art Direction: Wilfred Shingleton
Camera — Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: John Armstrong
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Gladys Atkinson
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: George Partleton
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Tony Sforzini
Directing — Assistant Director: Adrian Pryce-Jones
Directing — Director: David Lean
Editing — Editor: Peter Taylor
Production — Associate Producer: Norman Spencer
Production — Producer: David Lean
Production — Production Manager: John Palmer
Sound — Original Music Composer: Malcolm Arnold
Writing — Screenplay: David Lean
Writing — Screenplay: Norman Spencer
Writing — Screenplay: Wynyard Browne
Writing — Theatre Play: Harold Brighouse