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Hobson's Choice (1954)
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Hobson's Choice (1954)

Directed by David Lean

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Belatedly, but in honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re giving you as our Film of the Week one of the quirkiest and most brilliant romantic comedies we’ve ever seen, Hobson’s Choice. Oh, there’s not any physical flying in the film, nothing that would pick up our Word of the Week, unless it’s the grumpy and comically selfish old Dad, Hobson (Charles Laughton …

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