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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. Read More

Watch The Story of Mr. Hobbs online. Featuring Jack Hardwood and Frances Helm, The Story of Mr. Hobbs is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1947. The Story of Mr. Hobbs was directed by Arthur Varney. Read Less