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Director:
Paul Wendkos
Writers:
Ruth Brooks Flippen (writer)
Frederick Kohner (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 June 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
Get Happy! Get with it! Beach-Parties! Luau-Feasts! Surf-Boarding! Hula-Dancing! Have yourself a Hawaiian holiday when..."Gidget Goes Hawaiian" more
Plot:
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Rip Ilsa director Don Edmonds
 (From Fangoria. 1 June 2009, 8:46 AM, PDT)

Real Or Imagined: Homoeroticism In 60S Beach Movies
 (From CinemaRetro. 13 April 2009, 10:30 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
A movie for 60s' teenagers more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
James Darren ... Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
Michael Callan ... Eddie Horner
Deborah Walley ... Gidget (Frances Lawrence)

Carl Reiner ... Russ Lawrence
Peggy Cass ... Mitzi Stewart
Eddie Foy Jr. ... Monty Stewart
Jeff Donnell ... Dorothy Lawrence
Vicki Trickett ... Abby Stewart
Joby Baker ... Judge Hamilton
Don Edmonds ... Larry Neal
Bart Patton ... Wally Hodges
Jan Conaway ... Barbara Jo Wells
Robin Lory ... Dee Dee Waters
Arnold Merritt ... Clay Anderson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Nuuhiwa ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Holiday (2006) more
Soundtrack:
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FAQ

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Is "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" based on a novel?
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0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
A movie for 60s' teenagers, 10 March 1999
Author: Dana Bingham (dabing@jump.net) from Texas

This movie was not made, even in the mid-sixty's, to be taken seriously. It was made to provide, (as was Gidget), a starting point to consider how they would handle the (then) outrageous situations that Gidget got herself into.

Deborah was great in the part, not taking herself or the movie more seriously than just posing the plot as it was written.

This is not a movie a casual person would buy, but it is well worth watching on TV.

Also, one could have a pretty good time watching the Gidget character evolve as multiple actresses played the part.

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