Hobson's Choice (1954)

Charles Laughton: Henry Hobson

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Quotes 

• [Henry has been served a summons for trespass and damages from Beenstocks because he fell into their cellar in a drunken stupour and slept the night there] 

  Henry Hobson : My good class customers are not going to buy their boots from a man who's stood up in open court and had to acknowledge he was "overcome" in a public street.

  Willie Mossop : D'you think it'll get in t'paper, Maggie?

  Maggie Hobson : Aye, you'll see your name in t'Salford Reporter, Father.

  Henry Hobson : Salford Reporter? When ruin and disaster overwhelm a man of my importance, it's reported in t'Manchester Guardian, for the whole country to read.

  Willie Mossop : Ee by gum, think of that! Why, it's very near worthwhile to be ruined, for t'pleasure of reading about yourself in t'printed paper.

• Albert Prosser : Ah, shall we get to business, sir?

  Henry Hobson : Young man, don't abuse a noble word.

• Henry Hobson : I've noticed that if you get one marriage in a family, it goes through t'lot like meazles.

• Henry Hobson : You, you blood-sucking, money-grabbing...

  Albert Prosser : One moment, Mr. Hobson. You can call me what you like...

  Henry Hobson : And I shall, you...

• Henry Hobson : Are you a lawyer?

  Albert Prosser : Yes, I'm a lawyer.

  Henry Hobson : At your age?

• [first lines] 

  Henry Hobson : Beg pardon.

  Maggie Hobson : Good job your Masons' meetings are only once a month.

• Henry Hobson : It's a lawyer's job to squeeze a man and squeeze him where he's squirming and seen most - in court.

• Henry Hobson : I'm not so fond of the sound of your voice as you are.