Release Date | 12 June 1961 |
Tagline | It's Strictly a Laugh Affair Caught in a merry marital mix-up! |
Genre | Family Comedy Romance |
The Parent Trap (1961)
Approved | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance | 21 June 1961 (USA)
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Director: David Swift
Writers: Erich Kästner (based on the book: "Das doppelte Lottchen"), David Swift (written for the screen by)
Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith
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The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney film. It stars Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in a story about teenage twins on a quest to reunite their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film's director David Swift was based upon the 1949 book Lottie and Lisa (Das Doppelte Lottchen) by Erich Kästner. Kästner's novel was based on the 1936 Deanna Durbin film Three Smart Girls. The Parent Trap was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan, and has been released on digital stereo LaserDisc format in 1986 as well as VHS and DVD in 2000. The original film was Mills' second of six films for Disney.
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