Child in the House is a 1956 British drama film directed and written by Cy Endfield and starring Phyllis Calvert, Eric Portman and Stanley Baker.

Elizabeth Lorimer is an 11-year-old girl being temporarily looked after by her unhappily-married aunt and uncle, while her mother is in hospital and her criminal father Stephen is allegedly out of the country, but is in fact hiding in London on the run from the police.

The distinguished adult players admirably support the young star, the dialogue is crisp and the staging impressive. ...

Dora Bryan brings a breath of cockney joyousness to the role of the sympathetic housemaid, livening the otherwise stilted atmosphere.

"[4] Leslie Halliwell said: "Modest family drama of the novelette type in which adult problems are put right by the wisdom of a child.