The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
99 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry KosterDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
- Johnny MercerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James StewartRoger Hobbs
- Maureen O'HaraPeggy Hobbs
- FabianJoe Carmody
- Lauri PetersKatey Hobbs
- Lili GentleJanie Grant
- John SaxonByron Grant
- Marie WilsonEmily Turner
- John McGiverMartin Turner
- Reginald GardinerReggie McHugh
- Valerie VardaMarika
- Natalie TrundySusan Carver
- Josh PeineStan Carver
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Themes
dancingcaliforniabeachbased on novel or booksailinghousesummer vacationfamily vacationbeach househouseguest