Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) on Netflix
Approved19621h 56mComedyFamily
Banker Roger Hobbs wants a vacation alone with his wife Peggy. She books a rundown California beach house for their daughters, sons-in-law, grandchildren, and teenagers Katey and Danny.
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Roger Hobbs, an overworked banker, had planned an overseas trip with his wife Peggy and no one else. Peggy substitutes a summer at a California beach house for their two grown daughters and their husbands, teenage daughter Katey, teenage son Danny, the family cook Brenda and three grandchildren. The steps are rotting, the plumbing is unreliable and one telephone line serves the whole household. Danny cares only for television, Katey hides her new dental braces and will join nothing, and one grandson keeps away from Roger. Stan Carver, Susan's husband, has no job, which strains the marriage, and Janie's husband Byron Grant, a college professor, talks about psychology. Peggy worries about the family; Roger says the children should solve their own problems.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
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- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation marked the first time James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara starred together in a film; the two co-starred again four years later in the 1966 Western The Rare Breed.
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation was the final feature film for actress Marie Wilson, whose screen career ended with the comedy.
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