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.
| Directing | Melville Shavelson | Director |
| Production | Jack Rose | Producer |
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Writing | Betsy Drake | Screenplay |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Frank Bracht | Editor |
| Sound | George Duning | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jack Rose | Writer |
| Writing | Melville Shavelson | Writer |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Ray June | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Clark | Wardrobe Designer |
| Camera | Yul Brynner | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Decorator |
| Sound | Farciot Edouart | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dean Cole | Hair Setup |
| Sound | Van Cleave | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Bill Wistrom | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Richard Mueller | Color Grading |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Duning | Music Director |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Production | Andrew J. Durkus | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | James A. Rosenberger | Assistant Director |
| Production | Charles Woolstenhulme | Unit Manager |
| Production | Hal C. Kern | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jack Harris | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Leonard J. South | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Art | Sam Comer | Decorator |
| Directing | Dorothy Yutzi | Script Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Photo Retouching |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Bashaw Jr. | Makeup Artist |
