The Parent Trap (1961 film) Disney Movie Club. The 1998 remake was also released on HD Blu-ray the same day. The Parent Trap (1961 film) The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney Technicolor film. It stars Hayley Mills (in a dual role), 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" (German: ) by Erich Kästner. "The Parent Trap" was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998
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