

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
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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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $4M
- Language
- English
- dancing
- california
- beach
- based on novel or book
- sailing
- house
- summer vacation
- family vacation
- beach house
- houseguest
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR15 Jun 1962
GermanyDE
- Theatrical61 Jul 1962
ItalyIT
- Theatrical1 Oct 1962
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation was released on 15 June 1962.
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CinemaSerf
4/2/2026
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, an…
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