The Parent Trap

Starring: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, et al.

A prissy Bostonian meets her California-tomboy twin, and they plot to reunite their parents.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936143812
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Publisher: Walt Disney Video
• Director: David Swift
• Starring: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ruth McDevitt, Crahan Denton
• Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: anamorphic
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

"I'm not saying a word, but……”

This is a great getaway movie. This one can be watched several times before getting all the nuances. According to the film credits, this movie is based on the 1949 German children's novel “Das doppelte Lottchen” by Erich Kästner. Others say that it was closely done before as a 1954 British film, "TWICE UPON A TIME." Any way you look at it, this is a unique film that will never be duplicated or equaled. They tried and failed in 1998. Hayley Mills plays Sharon McKendrick/Susan Evers, twin sisters. They were separated when their parents divorced, and they rediscovered each other in summer camp. Maureen O'Hara plays the mother, Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick, who is a strait-laced Bostonian until younger female competition arises. Joanna Barnes plays Vicky Robinson, the competition. I will not go through the whole cast, but I especially liked Leo G. Carroll as Rev. Dr. Mosby. He was there watching every time you turned around and not reacting, as they would expect him to act. The film was shot in California. That is why it looks funny that Sharon (supposedly from Boston) is driven to the camp and Susan (supposedly from California) is flown to the camp. I do not recall seeing redwoods in New England. The pictures that the twins show each other of their parents look like movie promotional shots. For a different Hayley Mills in a film with her real father, John Mills, “The Chalk Garden” (1964).