The Story of Mr. Hobbs
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.
Director
Arthur Varney
Top Cast
Jack Hardwood
Crad Hobbs
Frances Helm
Timmy Hobbs
Robert Bolger
Bob Gilly
Alexander Campbell
E.K. Lester
Geraldine Dvorak
Glenda Lester
Frank Richards
Spike
Al McGranary
Winnie Winston
Winifred Cushing
Marian Winston
Bertha Powell
Sis Abby
Sidney Easton
Ben - Winston's Butler
