Cheaper by the Dozen 2 together at Lake Winnetka. Tom's old rival, Jimmy Murtaugh, and his large family (with "only" eight kids) are also there for the summer. He constantly flaunts his wealth and success to Tom, as well as the accomplishments of his children, often suggesting to Tom that his are less successful because of his parenting style. They get into many incidents, several of which are accidental: Mark Baker, along with Kenny Murtaugh, crashes into a tennis court with a golf cart, Sarah Baker is caught shoplifting in a gift shop, and Mark accidentally sets off a backpack of fireworks, causing widespread panic,
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film) Dozen" was remade 53 years later starring Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. The birth order in which "Cheaper by the Dozen" portrays some of the children is not the same order in which the real Gilbreth children were born. For example, Robert (who was born in 1920) is shown as being born in 1922, as the last child after Jane (who was born in 1922). This is reversed in the movie's sequel. In real life, Mary, who was the second child, died in 1912, aged 5. However, in the film "Cheaper by the Dozen", Mary is placed as the third