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The Story of Mr. Hobbs

19470.0 / 100
Drama

Overview

Crad Hobbs, a Virginia waterman, is depressed over the decline in the shellfish trade and the gradual erosion of his former home, a barrier island off Virginia's Eastern Shore. Worse, his beautiful daughter and only child is engaged to a returning World War II veteran who forsakes the oystering trade to take a job with the local newspaper. The cub reporter's first job is interview a New York banker, and former resident, who has secretly come to the Eastern Shore to provide a loan for a beleaguered Latin-American president whose country is battling communist insurgents. Hobbs blames the banker for his home island's destruction; he believes if the banker had approved a loan for a system of breakwaters, the erosion, and resulting loss of fishing habitat, could have been prevented.

Cast

Jack Hardwood

Jack Hardwood

Crad Hobbs

Frances Helm

Frances Helm

Timmy Hobbs

Robert Bolger

Robert Bolger

Bob Gilly

Alexander Campbell

Alexander Campbell

E.K. Lester

Geraldine Dvorak

Geraldine Dvorak

Glenda Lester

Frank Richards

Frank Richards

Spike

Al McGranary

Al McGranary

Winnie Winston

Winifred Cushing

Winifred Cushing

Marian Winston

Bertha Powell

Bertha Powell

Sis Abby

Sidney Easton

Sidney Easton

Ben - Winston's Butler

Crew

Arthur Varney

Arthur Varney

Director

Rex Taylor

Rex Taylor

Adaptation