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Director David Swift
Screenplay David Swift

The Parent Trap

Tagline: Caught in a merry marital mix-up!

Release Date: 1961-05-13

Duration: 129 minutes

Synopsis

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

Casting

  • Hayley Mills
    Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
  • Maureen O'Hara
    Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
  • John Mills
    Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
  • Una Merkel
    Verbena
  • Joanna Barnes
    Vicky Robinson
  • Charles Ruggles
    Charles McKendrick
  • Leo G. Carroll
    Rev. Dr. Mosby
  • Dave Goelz
    Teenager (uncredited)
  • Brian Keith
    Mitch Evers
  • Nancy Kulp
    Miss Grunecker