Houseboat
“It All Happens Happily on a Heaven of a Houseboat!”
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
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Cast
62 people
Cary Grant
Tom Winters
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Sophia Loren
Cinzia Zaccardi
Known for
A Special Day
Two Women
Martha Hyer
Carolyn Gibson
Known for
Sabrina
The Sons of Katie Elder
Harry Guardino
Angelo Donatello
Known for
Dirty Harry
Any Which Way You Can
Eduardo Ciannelli
Arturo Zaccardi
Known for
Boot Hill
Foreign Correspondent
Murray Hamilton
Capt. Alan Wilson
Known for
Jaws
The Graduate
Mimi Gibson
Elizabeth Winters
Known for
The Children's Hour
The Three Faces of Eve
Paul Petersen
David Winters
Known for
The Monolith Monsters
Charles Herbert
Robert Winters
Known for
13 Ghosts
The Fly
Werner Klemperer
Harold Messner
Known for
Hogan's Heroes
Judgment at Nuremberg
Madge Kennedy
Mrs. Farnsworth
Known for
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Lust for Life
John Litel
Mr. William Farnsworth
Known for
The Life of Emile Zola
Pitfall
Melville Shavelson Director · Betsy Drake Screenplay Jack Rose Writer
Worldwide gross $3.5M · United States release November 19, 1958 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · October 15, 1958
Premiere · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States · November 19, 1958
Theatrical
Argentina
February 5, 1959 · Theatrical
Australia
March 7, 2003 · Physical · DVD premiere
Austria
October 23, 1959 · Theatrical
Canada
November 5, 2002 · Physical · DVD premiere
Denmark
September 21, 1959 · Theatrical
Finland
October 2, 1959 · Theatrical
France
October 2, 1959 · Theatrical
Germany
September 29, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
September 3, 1959 · Theatrical
Japan
February 11, 1959 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 17, 1959 · Theatrical
Poland
January 19, 2018 · TV
Spain
May 2, 1960 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
September 14, 1959 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 1, 1962 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 25, 1958 · Limited theatrical · London
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