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Houseboat

Houseboat

It All Happens Happily on a Heaven of a Houseboat!

19586.41h 50m

Overview

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

Directed by Melville Shavelson
Written by Betsy Drake, Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
Produced by Jack Rose
Box Office0Revenue: $3.5M

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

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About Houseboat

Houseboat is a comedy, romance film released in 1958 exploring themes of class society, washington dc, usa, parent child relationship, harmonica, houseboat, nanny. Directed by Melville Shavelson, it stars Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer. An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

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