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It All Happens Happily on a Heaven of a Houseboat! - Houseboat
Movie Details

Title: Houseboat

Release Date: 19 Nov 1958

Runtime: 1h 50m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

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

Additional Information

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (176 votes)

Cast

  • Tom Winters: Cary Grant
  • Cinzia Zaccardi: Sophia Loren
  • Carolyn Gibson: Martha Hyer
  • Angelo Donatello: Harry Guardino
  • Arturo Zaccardi: Eduardo Ciannelli
  • Capt. Alan Wilson: Murray Hamilton
  • Elizabeth Winters: Mimi Gibson
  • David Winters: Paul Petersen
  • Robert Winters: Charles Herbert
  • Harold Messner: Werner Klemperer
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