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