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7.0Two 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.
Released: 1961-05-13129 minDir: David SwiftComedy, Family, RomanceBox office: $29.7MPart of: The Parent Trap Collection
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Cast
- Hayley Mills as Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick
- Maureen O'Hara as Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
- Brian Keith as Mitch Evers
- Charles Ruggles as Charles McKendrick
- Cathleen Nesbitt as Louise McKendrick
- Una Merkel as Verbena
Themes
- summer camp
- deception
- twins
- twins separated at birth
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Lottie and Lisa
- Main subject
- summer camp program
- Director
- David Swift
- Screenwriter
- David Swift
- Cast member
- Linda Watkins
- Composer
- Sherman Brothers
- Producer
- Walt Disney
- Production company
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Lucien Ballard
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 104626
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/the-parent-trap-1961
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- publication date
- 1961-06-12
- title
- The Parent Trap
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- after a work by
- Erich Kästner
- distributed by
- Disney+
- box office
- 25150385
- film editor
- Philip W. Anderson
- art director
- Robert Clatworthy
- film crew member
- Franklyn Marks
- production code
- 2136
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 90%
- form of creative work
- feature film
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