Houseboat (film)

Houseboat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMelville Shavelson
Written by
Produced byJack Rose
StarringCary Grant
Sophia Loren
Martha Hyer
Harry Guardino
CinematographyRay June
Edited byFrank Bracht
Music byGeorge Duning
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 19, 1958 (1958-11-19)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.5 million (rentals)[1][2]
Grant and Loren

Houseboat is a 1958 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson. It was presented in Technicolor and VistaVision.

Starring Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer and Harry Guardino, the film was written by Shavelson and Jack Rose on the basis of an original script by Grant's wife at the time, Betsy Drake. It was released on November 19, 1958.

The songs, "Almost In Your Arms" sung by Sam Cooke, and "Bing! Bang! Bong!", sung by Sophia Loren, were written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

  1. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M164.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. 7 January 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross