Houseboat

About Houseboat

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

Houseboat (1958) is a comedy romance film directed by Melville Shavelson. It runs 110 minutes and was released in November 1958.

Its themes are single father, nanny, ball, and class society.

Cary Grant appears as Tom Winters, Sophia Loren as Cinzia Zaccardi, Martha Hyer as Carolyn Gibson, and Harry Guardino as Angelo Donatello. The screenplay is by Betsy Drake and Jack Rose. In the United States it streams on Britbox Apple TV channel.

Forrest Gump, Despicable Me 2, and Mrs. Doubtfire make useful companions to Houseboat, all filed under parent child relationship. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 202 votes.