Parent Trap III
Parent Trap III is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to The Parent Trap II (1986) and the third installment in The Parent Trap series. It originally aired in two parts as a presentation of The Magical World of Disney on April 9 and 16, 1989.[1]
Parent Trap III
- Comedy
- Family
Characters created
by Erich Kästner
Jill Donner
Deborah Amelon
Jill Donner
Mollie Miller
United States
English
Jill Donner
Henry Colman
Howard Kunin
Duane Hartzell
85 minutes
April 9 –
April 16, 1989
Hayley Mills reprises her roles as twins Susan Evers and Sharon Grand. Barry Bostwick and Patricia Richardson portray, respectively, Jeffrey Wyatt, a struggling widowed father with identical triplet teenage daughters, and Cassie McGuire, his snobbish, jealous girlfriend. Leanna, Monica, and Joy Creel portray Lisa, Jessie, and Megan Wyatt.
Production[edit]
Hayley Mills returned in 1986 to the Disney Channel when she filmed The Parent Trap II. She expressed no interest in returning for more sequels. In 1989, Mollie Miller soon began production on the next sequel, Parent Trap III. Mills returned after her Disney series, Good Morning, Miss Bliss had ended.
The film debuted on NBC-TV's The Magical World of Disney on April 9, 1989. Mollie Miller, the film's director, would later direct the last sequel, Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon.
Music[edit]
Songs heard in the film include "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", sung by Susan and Jeffrey, the 1987 hit single "You Don't Know" by Scarlett and Black, and a cover version of "What Have You Done for Me Lately" by Janet Jackson.