Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a 1962 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara. The film is based on a novel by Edward Streeter and features popular singer Fabian.
Mr. Hobbs is an overworked businessman who seeks a quiet seaside vacation with his wife Peggy and family, including his grown daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren.
What he finds upon reaching their vacation destination is a dilapida...
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a 1962 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara. The film is based on a novel by Edward Streeter and features popular singer Fabian.
Mr. Hobbs is an overworked businessman who seeks a quiet seaside vacation with his wife Peggy and family, including his grown daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren.
What he finds upon reaching their vacation destination is a dilapidated beach house with nosy neighbors.
Complications mount up. His teenage son Danny only wants to watch television. His youngest daughter Katey, embarrassed by a new set of braces, refuses to leave the beach house. And his grandkids don't want anything to do with him.
Furthermore, one of his sons-in-law, Stan, is unemployed and Mr. Hobbs must escort Stan's potential employer on a boring bird-watching jaunt. And oldest daughter is married to the aloof professor Byron, who has unorthodox ideas about disciplining children and the family dynamic....
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