The Parent Trap
In Theaters
May 13, 1961
Runtime: 2h 9m
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 & Crew
Hayley Mills
Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
Maureen O'Hara
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
Brian Keith
Mitch Evers
Charles Ruggles
Charles McKendrick
Cathleen Nesbitt
Louise McKendrick
Una Merkel
Verbena
Joanna Barnes
Vicky Robinson
Linda Watkins
Edna Robinson
Crahan Denton
Hecky
Leo G. Carroll
Rev. Dr. Mosby
Ruth McDevitt
Miss Inch
Nancy Kulp
Miss Grunecker
Irene Tedrow
Miss Lockness
Frank De Vol
Mr. Eaglewood
- KC
Kay Cole
Betsy (uncredited)
- BH
Barbara Hunter
Gwen (uncredited)
Lynette Winter
Ursala (uncredited)
- JS
Joseph Richard Stafford
Trooper Wilfred Stafford (uncredited)
David Swift
Director
David Swift
Screenplay
Media
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