Hobson's Choice

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

David Lean

Writing Credits

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

Cast

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

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
hairdressing
George Partleton
make-up
Tony Sforzini
make-up

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)
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