A widower, his three young children, and an Italian nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.

Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia, when the children decide she is to be the new maid. She is actually an Italian socialite who is trying to get away from her overprotective father.—Brian W Martz <[email protected]>

Upon the sudden death of his estranged and nearly divorced wife, absentee father Tom claims ownership of his three children, seemingly more out of spite against his in-laws than out of consideration for his kids. When youngest son Robert runs off in reaction, he's returned by spoiled brat socialite Cinzia, itching to escape her orchestral conductor father's dictates. Being much a willful child herself, she harmonizes immediately with the kids and, needing a hideout, agrees to be hired on as their nanny. Finding their new house destroyed by a lustful, careless and irresponsible Italian handyman, the five decide to live on the man's neglected and dilapidated houseboat rather than rightfully sue him and take rooms at a hotel. As Cinzia bridges the gap between Tom and his kids, (while starting to learn how to cook and clean), Tom's newly divorced sister-in-law Carolyn makes a play for him. He accepts her proposal but then, as Cinzia draws men in like a dog in heat, realizes he's more interested in Cinzia. When Tom and Cinzia decide to marry, the kids hate her for it.—statmanjeff