Tom Winston, een weduwnaar, probeert zijn drie vroegwijze kinderen op te voeden en te begrijpen. Hij krijgt onverwachts hulp van Cinzia, wanneer zijn kinderen besluiten dat zij hun nieuwe hulp is. Eigenlijk is zij een Italiaanse behorend tot de hogere kringen, proberend om onder de vleugels van haar overbezorgde vader weg te komen.
Nee, helaas is Houseboat nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Writing | Betsy Drake | Screenplay |
| Sound | George Duning | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ray June | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Frank Bracht | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Directing | Melville Shavelson | Director |
| Production | Jack Rose | Producer |
| Writing | Melville Shavelson | Writer |
| Writing | Jack Rose | Writer |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Photo Retouching |
| Sound | George Duning | Music Director |
| Editing | Richard Mueller | Color Grading |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Dorothy Yutzi | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Yul Brynner | Still Photographer |
| Production | Hal C. Kern | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Van Cleave | Orchestrator |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Production | Andrew J. Durkus | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Decorator |
| Production | Charles Woolstenhulme | Unit Manager |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Sam Comer | Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Farciot Edouart | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dean Cole | Hair Setup |
| Camera | Jack Harris | Still Photographer |
| Directing | James A. Rosenberger | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Clark | Wardrobe Designer |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Sound | Bill Wistrom | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Leonard J. South | Camera Operator |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Bashaw Jr. | Makeup Artist |
