The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap is a "Disney" film series, originating in 1961 with Hayley Mills playing both roles of twin sisters who were raised separately by divorced parents, without any knowledge of each other. They meet at a summer holiday camp, and switch places so that they can each meet their other parent. Mills reprised her roles three times in subsequent made-for-television sequels. A remake was released in 1998, with a plot similar to the original film and written by the original film's writer/director David Swift, with segments of the story being reworked into a romantic-comedy.
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins is a 1975 film directed by Dick Richards and written by John Kaye. The film was the second film credit for Jerry Bruckheimer, who was an associate producer. The film features the song "Honky Tonk Angels" as performed by lead actress Sally Kellerman. "Rafferty wasn't going anywhere, anyway." Idiotic driving instructor and former United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty (Alan Arkin) lives in poverty near Hollywood, California. He allows two women (Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips) to kidnap him after hitching a ride in an attempt to