Houseboat

Houseboat

It All Happens Happily on a Heaven of a Houseboat!

1958•1h 50m•6.4/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(195)

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

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Production

Paramount Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Tom Winters

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Cinzia Zaccardi

Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

Carolyn Gibson

Harry Guardino

Harry Guardino

Angelo Donatello

Eduardo Ciannelli

Eduardo Ciannelli

Arturo Zaccardi

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Capt. Alan Wilson

Mimi Gibson

Mimi Gibson

Elizabeth Winters

Paul Petersen

Paul Petersen

David Winters

Charles Herbert

Charles Herbert

Robert Winters

Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer

Harold Messner

Madge Kennedy

Madge Kennedy

Mrs. Farnsworth

John Litel

John Litel

Mr. William Farnsworth

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Wedding Guest

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

Laundromat Gossip

Marc Wilder

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

Beulah Christian

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

Roy Damron

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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