The Parent Trap
“Caught in a merry marital mix-up!”
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.
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Cast
23 people
Hayley Mills
Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
Known for
Trap
Pollyanna
Maureen O'Hara
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
The Quiet Man
Brian Keith
Mitch Evers
Known for
The Wind and the Lion
Nevada Smith
Charles Ruggles
Charles McKendrick
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The Bullwinkle Show
Cathleen Nesbitt
Louise McKendrick
Known for
An Affair to Remember
Family Plot
Una Merkel
Verbena
Known for
The Bank Dick
42nd Street
Joanna Barnes
Vicky Robinson
Known for
The Parent Trap
Spartacus
Linda Watkins
Edna Robinson
Known for
Bad Ronald
Good Neighbor Sam
Crahan Denton
Hecky
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hud
Leo G. Carroll
Rev. Dr. Mosby
Known for
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Ruth McDevitt
Miss Inch
Known for
The Birds
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Nancy Kulp
Miss Grunecker
Known for
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Aristocats
David Swift Director · Erich Kästner Author Paul J. Smith Composer
Worldwide gross $30M · United States release June 21, 1961 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$29,650,385
Production
Walt Disney Productions
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 13, 1961
Theatrical
United States · June 21, 1961
Theatrical
United States
June 12, 1961 · Premiere
Brazil
July 1, 1961 · Theatrical · IMDB
Germany
October 5, 1962 · Theatrical
Japan
March 10, 1962 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 13, 1961 · Premiere
Portugal
January 2, 1962 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 13, 1961 · Theatrical
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