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Hobson's Choice
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Hobson's Choice (1962) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Hobson's Choice (1962) — a movie tagged as Drama, Comedy, and Romance with funny and emotional moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Maggie Hobson (Patricia Routledge) decides to marry Willie Mossop (Michael Caine), the gifted but underpaid bootmaker in her father's shop. Despite Willie's objections, they marry and set up for themselves and, within just one year, take almost all of Henry Hobson's trade. Hobson (John Barrie), a heavy drinker, is t… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~78 min).
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Synopsis
Maggie Hobson (Patricia Routledge) decides to marry Willie Mossop (Michael Caine), the gifted but underpaid bootmaker in her father's shop. Despite Willie's objections, they marry and set up for themselves and, within just one year, take almost all of Henry Hobson's trade. Hobson (John Barrie), a heavy drinker, is told by his doctor that one of his daughters must return home to look after him but they all refuse apart from Maggie who, seeing her chance, agrees to help but on one condition: Willie is to take over the business, with Hobson relegated to the position of a sleeping partner with no say in the running of the shop.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1962-09-25
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- TMDB rating
- 0.0
- TMDB ID
- 1385641
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What is Hobson's Choice about?
Maggie Hobson (Patricia Routledge) decides to marry Willie Mossop (Michael Caine), the gifted but underpaid bootmaker in her father's shop. Despite Willie's objections, they marry and set up for th... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Hobson's Choice?
The official runtime for Hobson's Choice is approximately 78 minutes.
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Cast

John Barrie
Henry Hobson

Patricia Routledge
Maggie Hobson

Michael Caine
Willie Mossop

Christine Hargreaves
Alice Hobson
- J
June Barrie
Vicky Hobson
- G
Graham Rigby
Jim Heeler
- J
Jane Eccles
Mrs Hepworth

Cameron Hall
Tubby Wadlow

Ron Falk
Freddy Beenstock
- L
Louise Jervis
Ada Figgins
- J
James Falkland
Albert Prosser

John Laurie
Dr. MacFarlane
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Chris Peters
Shop Assistant
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