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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Jimmy Takes A Vacation... You Have All The Fun!
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.
- Original title
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $4,000,000
CinemaSerf
Apr 2, 2026 · via TMDB
Well we had the “Huggetts” and the French “Monsieur Hulot” so I suppose it only fair that the Americans got “Mr. Hobbs” to have his own version of the family holiday from hell. All he (James Stewart) actually wants to do is head to the beach with wife “Peggy” (Maureen O’Hara) and spend some quality time doing nothing at all. She, on the other hand, sees this as an ideal opportunity to assemble their entire family, and that includes two grandchildren as well! “Roger” is frankly horrified at the prospect as he hasn’t much by the way of paternal instinct and his children range from 10-18 as well as his two married daughters. For the most part the kids are content with his fatherly indifference. “Danny” (Michael Burns) just wants to be left to watch reruns on the telly whilst “Katey” (Lauri Peters) has just had dental braces fitted so she doesn’t want to talk to anyone at all. Just to add to the poor man’s woes, the house they have rented is barely held together by rust, rot and goodwill; the plumbing is as temperamental as the weather and their housekeeper “Brenda” (Minerva Urecal) quickly abandons ship. After a few days of this, poor old “Roger” is climbing the walls but then he hears of a dance in town and so off they set. Initially “Katey” struggles to get a partner, but after some intervention (and $5) from her dad, the handsome young “Joe” (Fabian) gets her on her feet. What chance this could actually end up being more than simply a financial transaction? What chance “Roger” isn’t just going to walk into the sea and keep going? There is some fun to be had here, usually at the hands of a Stewart who always had his own unique form of comedy timing, and which works well with an O’Hara who also knew how to raise a smile. Fabian has a go at growing a goatee - before anyone even knew what that was, and there are some amiable swipes at parenting techniques that reflect more intellectual rather than spontaneous thinking. We’ve only got the one, brief, song and that’s cancelled out by one of the most unlikely examples of fisticuffs you’re ever likely to see through some steam. If proof were ever to be needed about the madness of organising a family holiday, then this could supply that in spades (and buckets) and it’s an easy - if perhaps a little too long - observation of how you need a holiday after your holiday.
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James Stewart
Roger Hobbs
Maureen O'Hara
Peggy Hobbs
Fabian
Joe Carmody
Lauri Peters
Katey Hobbs
Lili Gentle
Janie Grant
John Saxon
Byron Grant
Marie Wilson
Emily Turner
John McGiver
Martin Turner
Reginald Gardiner
Reggie McHugh
Valerie Varda
Marika
Natalie Trundy
Susan Carver
Josh Peine
Stan Carver
Michael Burns
Danny Hobbs
Doris Packer
Dance Emcee
Minerva Urecal
Brenda
Richard Collier
Mr. Kagle
Tom Lowell
Freddie (uncredited)
Sherry Alberoni
Girl in Dormitory (uncredited)
Herb Alpert
Player in Dance Band (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Dance Guest (uncredited)
Daryl Duke
Boy (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Driver in Bird Walk Scene (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Bartender (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Dance Guest (uncredited)
Doris Packer
Hostess (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Dance Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Dance Guest (uncredited)
Maida Severn
Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Dance Guest (uncredited)
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Donfeld
Costume Designer
Henry Koster
Director
William Witney
Second Unit Director
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Johnny Mercer
Original Music Composer
Nunnally Johnson
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