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Gidget

Name: Gidget
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1959-04-09
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6

★ 6,0 /10 (43 Votes)

1959 EN 95 min

Overview

Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.

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Release date

09/04/1959

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Popularity

2.1

Watch out Brigitte...here comes Gidget!

Genres

Comedy Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

95 min

Revenue

$1,500,000

Sandra Dee

Gidget

James Darren

Moondoggie

Cliff Robertson

The Big Kahuna

Arthur O'Connell

Russell Lawrence

Mary LaRoche

Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence

Joby Baker

Stinky

Tom Laughlin

Lover Boy

Sue George

Betty Louise aka B.L.

Robert Ellis

Hot Shot

Jo Morrow

Mary Lou

Yvonne Craig

Nan

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Patti Kane

Patti

Doug McClure

Waikiki

Burt Metcalfe

Lord Byron

Dick Clark

Himself - Trailer Host (uncredited)

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The first beach flick with surprising mindfood minus the goofiness RELEASED IN 1959 and directed by Paul Wendkos, "Gidget” is a beach drama about a 16 year-old tomboyish girl (Sandra Dee) who gravitates toward a group of surfing males in Southern Cal, specifically Malibu. Kahuna (Cliff Robertson), a surf “bum” and leader of the group, becomes her figurative big brother as she tries to attract the attentions of Kahuna’s mentee, Moondoggie (James Darren). The film is iconic and influential, leading to two sequels and a TV series, not to mention scores of 60’s beach flicks, most inferior be…

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