Houseboat (1958)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Nov 19, 1958 Wide
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User Ratings: 6,958
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Cary Grant scored still another box-office smash with his 1958 vehicle Houseboat. Grant plays a widowed father who packs himself and his spoiled kiddies off to a ramshackle houseboat. Enter Sophia Loren, who is attempting to break loose from her tyrannical father's (Eduardo Cianelli) iron grip. She hires on as Grant's housekeeper and his children's governess. Though Grant struggles valiantly to maintain a "hands off" policy, he and Loren are billing and cooing by fadeout time--but not before
Nov 19, 1958 Wide
Nov 5, 2002
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Cary Grant
Tom Winston -
Sophia Loren
Cinzia Zaccardi -
Martha Hyer
Caroline Gibson -
Harry Guardino
Angelo -
Eduardo Ciannelli
Arturo Zaccardi -
Murray Hamilton
Alan Wilson -
Mimi Gibson
Elizabeth Winston -
Charles Herbert
Robert Winston -
Madge Kennedy
Mrs. Farnsworth -
John Litel
Mr. Farnsworth -
Werner Klemperer
Harold Messner -
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Helen Brown
Women in Laundromat -
Mary Forbes
British Society Woman -
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Bill Hickman
Handsome Man -
Joe McTurk
Pitchman -
Gilda Oliva
Pitch Saleswoman -
Julian Rivero
Spanish Diplomat -
Marc Wilder
Specialty Dancer -
Pat Moran
Clown -
Paul Peterson
David Winston -
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (4) | DVD (8)
Warm romance classic has realistic kid behavior.
Innocent romantic comedy isn't one of Grant's best, but he and Loren make for interesting watching in close quarters.
The leads share so little chemistry I had to double-check the credits to make sure they were in the same movie.
Typically overlong late 50s star comedy
This is a warm romantic comedy that is exceptionally perceptive and sensitive about the feelings of the children.
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