Gidget Grows Up (1969) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

James Sheldon

Writers:

Frederick Kohner (novel)
John McGreevey (writer)

Release Date:

30 December 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed...

Plot Keywords:

United Nations | Gidget | Unsold TV Series Pilot | ABC Movie Of The Week | U.S. Air Force Officer

Cast

Karen Valentine	...	Gidget Lawrence
Edward Mulhare	...	Alex MacLaughlin
Paul Petersen	...	Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffen
Warner Anderson	...	Ambassador Post
Robert Cummings	...	Russell Lawrence (as Bob Cummings)
Nina Foch	...	Bibi Crosby
Paul Lynde	...	Louis B. Latimer
Susan Batson	...	Diana
Hal Frederick	...	Lee
Helen Funai	...	Minnie
Mario Aniov	...	Abdul
Gunilla Knudson	...	Katrina
Doreen Lang	...	Mrs. Willard
Michael Lembeck	...	Arnold
Davis Roberts	...	Bukumbu Representative

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Movie Connections:

Follows Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

Soundtrack:

Growing Up

This is the best Gidget movie!

I believe that Gidget Grows Up is the best Gidget movie in the series of Gidget movies.This is a very sweet, funny, and charming story. One of the main reasons that is it is so good in my opinion is the star that plays Gidget Lawrence,Karen Valentine.Karen Valentine is a superb actress, and I think that she was the best Gidget. This movie was made in 1969, and I saw it when it aired back then on television as a movie of the week, and I loved it.I was eleven years old, and I was glued to the set from the very first moment to the last moment of this terrific movie.Paul Lynde was so funny as Louis B. Latimer the landlord.Gidget's father was played by the consummate actor Robert Cummings.Edward Mulhare played Gidget's love interest in the show. Remember him in the made for television series called The Ghost And Mrs. Muir?Paul Peterson played Moondoggie, he was terrific also.I watched this movie recently, and it was just as pleasureable to watch in 2004 as it was in 1969.I highly recommend this wonderful movie that the whole family can watch!