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Hobson's Choice (1954) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

David Lean

Writing Credits  

Harold Brighouse ... (play)
 
David Lean ... (screenplay) &
Norman Spencer ... (screenplay) and
Wynyard Browne ... (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Charles Laughton ... Henry 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 Julien Mitchell ... Sam Minns
Gibb McLaughlin ... Tudsbury
Philip Stainton Philip Stainton ... Denton
Dorothy Gordon ... Ada Figgins
Madge Brindley ... Mrs. Figgins
John Laurie ... Dr. McFarlane
Raymond Huntley ... Nathaniel Beenstock
Jack Howarth Jack Howarth ... Tubby Wadlow
Herbert C. Walton ... Printer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edie Martin ... Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Hal Osmond ... Man who serves the Writ on Hobson (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp ... Tailor who rents shop to William Mossop (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner Robert Brooks Turner ... Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)

Produced by 

David Lean ... producer
Norman Spencer ... associate producer

Music by 

Malcolm Arnold

Cinematography by 

Jack Hildyard ... (photographed by)

Editing by 

Peter Taylor

Art Direction by 

Wilfred Shingleton

Costume Design by 

John Armstrong

Makeup Department 

Gladys Atkinson ... hairdresser
George Partleton ... makeup artist
Tony Sforzini ... makeup artist

Production Management 

John Palmer ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Adrian Pryce-Jones ... assistant director
John George ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Joe Marks ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Bert Pearl ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

William Hutchinson ... assistant art director (as Bill Hutchinson)
James Sawyer ... draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Buster Ambler ... sound recordist
John Cox ... sound supervisor
Red Law ... sound recordist
Jimmy Dooley ... sound camera operator (uncredited)
Barbara Hopkins ... dubbing crew (uncredited)
Bob Jones ... dubbing crew (uncredited)
Peter Meyers ... assistant boom operator (uncredited)
Ken Ritchie ... boom operator (uncredited)
Ivor Worsley ... dubbing crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

Bob Cuff ... matte painter (uncredited)
Wally Veevers ... special processes (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Peter Newbrook ... camera operator
Alan Hall ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Ray Hearne ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dennis C. Lewiston ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Gerry Turpin ... focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Julia Squire ... costume supervisor

Editorial Department 

Teddy Darvas ... assembly cutter (uncredited)
Norman Savage ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department 

Muir Mathieson ... music director

Script and Continuity Department 

Maggie Unsworth ... continuity (as Margaret Shipway)

Additional Crew 

Pamela Mann ... producers' secretary (uncredited)
Margaret Townsend ... production secretary (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

See also

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