"It All Happens Happily on a Heaven of a Houseboat!"

1958

1h 50m

6.4(187 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

63 members

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Cary Grant

Tom Winters

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Sophia Loren

Cinzia Zaccardi

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Martha Hyer

Carolyn Gibson

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Harry Guardino

Angelo Donatello

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Eduardo Ciannelli

Arturo Zaccardi

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Murray Hamilton

Capt. Alan Wilson

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Mimi Gibson

Elizabeth Winters

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Paul Petersen

David Winters

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Charles Herbert

Robert Winters

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Werner Klemperer

Harold Messner

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Madge Kennedy

Mrs. Farnsworth

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John Litel

Mr. William Farnsworth

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Bess Flowers

Wedding Guest

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Kathleen Freeman

Laundromat Gossip

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Marc Wilder

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Beulah Christian

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Roy Damron

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Kenneth Gibson

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Perk Lazelle

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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William Meader

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Country Club Patron / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Tom Ferrandini

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Murray Pollack

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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José Portugal

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

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Ruby Scrivo

Dancer (uncredited)

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Lennie Smith

Dancer (uncredited)

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Scott Brady

Dancer (non crédité)

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Nikki Faustino Brady

Dancer (non crédité)

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Tony Rosa

Dancer (uncredited)

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Joe Lanza

Dancer (uncredited)

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Jack Chefe

Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

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Joe Evans

Waiter (uncredited)

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Paul Ravel

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

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Herman Belmonte

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

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Wally Walker

Pitchman (uncredited)

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Brooks Benedict

Pitchman (uncredited)

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Joe McTurk

Pitchman (uncredited)

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Helen Brown

Woman in Laundromat (uncredited)

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Peggy Connelly

Eleanor Wilson (uncredited)

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Stewart East

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Bill Hickman

Handsome Man (uncredited)

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Florence MacAfee

Laundromat Attendant (uncredited)

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Philo McCullough

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

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Mabel Smaney

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

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Pat Moran

Mabel Smaney (uncredited)

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Pat Moran

A Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

A Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bobby Gilbert

A Party Guest (uncredited)

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Jack Deery

A Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ernst Brengt

French Diplomat (uncredited)

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Julian Rivero

Spanish Diplomat (uncredited)

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Mary Forbes

British Society Woman (uncredited)

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William Remick

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

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Edwin Rochelle

Caterer (uncredited)

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Barbara Steele

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Larry Carr

Minor Role (uncredited)

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