Full awards and nominations of Hobson's Choice
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Comedy. Drama
David Lean backs up vicious wit with tender romance in this thrilling adaptation of Harold Brighouse's play. As Henry Hobson, a tyrannical bootshop owner, Charles Laughton (Mutiny on the Bounty) is a comical drunk of Falstaffian proportions. When Hobson forbids his daughters to marry (their unpaid labor supports his pub visits!), his eldest daughter defiantly sets her cap for Willie, the shop's best bootmaker. Brenda de Banzie (The Man ... [+]
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BAFTA 1955: British Academy Film Awards (Movies from 1954)
- nom. Best Film
- winner Most Outstanding British Film
- nom. Best British Actor (John Mills)
- nom. Best British Actress (Brenda De Banzie)
- nom. Best British Screenplay (David Lean, Norman Spencer, Wynyard Browne)
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4th Berlin International Film Festival 1954
- winner Golden Bear - Best Picture