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| Cary Grant | ... | Tom Winters | |
| Sophia Loren | ... | Cinzia Zaccardi | |
| Martha Hyer | ... | Carolyn Gibson | |
| Harry Guardino | ... | Angelo Donatello | |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... | Arturo Zaccardi | |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Capt. Alan Wilson | |
| Mimi Gibson | ... | Elizabeth Winters | |
| Paul Petersen | ... | David Winters | |
| Charles Herbert | ... | Robert Winters | |
| Madge Kennedy | ... | Mrs. Farnsworth | |
| John Litel | ... | Mr. William Farnsworth | |
| Werner Klemperer | ... | Harold Messner | |
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Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia, when the children decide she is be the new maid. She is actually an Italian socialite who is trying to get away from her overprotective father. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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Cary and Sophia...in love with life, each other, and Cary's irresistible, irrepressible kids! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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11 January 1959 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Hausboot See more »Company Credits
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Cinzia Zaccardi: [She turns on the spray paint and sprays him in the face on purpose] Oops.
Tom Winters: Thank you, Michelangelo. Thank you.
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Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Sung by Sam Cooke
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Characters engage in a verbal game called "Who Sir, Me Sir." See more »Goofs
During Cinzia's first visit to Tom's apartment, at one point he is adjusting the sofa bed; as the two converse the camera moves closer to them and the shadow of the moving camera can be seen on Cinzia's dress. See more »Quotes
Tom Winters: [after punishing his son] Well, now where were we?Cinzia Zaccardi: [She turns on the spray paint and sprays him in the face on purpose] Oops.
Tom Winters: Thank you, Michelangelo. Thank you.
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Love Song from Houseboat (Almost in Your Arms)Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Sung by Sam Cooke
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Almost a decade before Robert Wise's blockbuster,this fairly entertaining little comedy had almost everything that was brought to epic proportions in the sixties:a widower(Grant)with three "charming" children -"sound of music is an improvement on it for that with seven brats-,a chic lady(Hyers) who is the equivalent of the baroness and an Italian Cinderella(Loren)-complete with magnificent dress and ball- who's hired by Grant to take care of his offspring.And Sophia Loren does sing,and her voice is so nice that the children do backing vocals.Like Julie Andrews.
Will Grant marry his strait-laced sister-in-law?Will he fall for Sophia's mediterranean charms?You will have to see this movie for that. Most of the story happens on a revamped "houseboat" .Hence the title.