Houseboat

A man with a boat and a plan discovers his new housekeeper is actually a fugitive fashion plate. The widower and his precocious kids keep mistaking her highfalutin airs for an accent. Out comes her hair dryer like it’s Excalibur.

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Melville Shavelson directed Houseboat in 1958. See Melville Shavelson's full filmography, where to start with Melville Shavelson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Melville Shavelson.

Houseboat was released in 1958 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.