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Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice (1983)

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This third film version of Harold Brighthouse's play Hobson's Choice moves the locale from turn-of-century London to 1914 New Orleans. Horatio Hobson (Jack Warden) is the boozy, tyrannical owner of a shoe store. Hobson's daughter Maggie (Sharon Gless) falls in love with humble shoe clerk Will Mossup (Richard Thomas). When Hobson refuses to give the relationship his blessing, Maggie huffily takes her new boy friend out of the store to set up her own shop--which soon threatens to put Hobson out of

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

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I saw this on TV many years ago and loved it. I would like to see it again Sharon Gless was great in it.

March 5, 2011
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