The Parent Trap (film series) The twins were portrayed by Lindsay Lohan. "The Parent Trap" is a film directed by David Swift for Walt Disney Pictures released in 1961. It was based on the book "Das Doppelte Lottchen" written by Erich Kästner. The film stars Hayley Mills who plays the roles of the thirteen-year-old twin girls, Sharon and Susan. Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith play the twins’ parents, Maggie and Mitch. The film is about the two girls who meet at a summer camp as strangers and realize that they are identical twins. They switch places so that each can meet the parent they don't
The Deadly Companions O'Hara (1927–1992), played the seventh-billed role of Cal (the family surname is Fitzsimons, also rendered as FitzSimons). Leading man Brian Keith was also Maureen O'Hara's co-star in "The Parent Trap" which they completed immediately before "The Deadly Companions" and which premiered on June 12, 1961, six days after the Tucson premiere of "The Deadly Companions". They re-teamed for one additional film, 1966's "The Rare Breed", which top-billed James Stewart. Cinematographer William H. Clothier also worked on "The Rare Breed" as well as two other films with Maureen O'Hara, 1963's "McLintock!" and 1971's "Big Jake", both starring John Wayne. The Deadly