The Parent Trap

About The Parent Trap

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.

David Swift's The Parent Trap is a 1961 comedy romance film. Its themes are twins, deception, summer camp, and twins separated at birth.

Hayley Mills stars as Susan Evers, Maureen O'Hara as Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick, Brian Keith as Mitch Evers, and Charles Ruggles as Charles McKendrick. At 129 minutes long, it arrived in May 1961.

The screenplay is by David Swift. Produced by Walt Disney Productions. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus.

The Parent Trap and Twins make useful companions to The Parent Trap. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 445 votes and it carries a G rating.