A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.
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Title: Gidget (1959)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Sandra Dee | ... | Francie Lawrence aka Gidget | |
| James Darren | ... | Jeffrey Matthews aka Moondoggie | |
| Cliff Robertson | ... | Burt Vail aka The Big Kahuna | |
| Arthur O'Connell | ... | Russell Lawrence | |
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The Four Preps | ... | Band at Beach |
| Mary LaRoche | ... | Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence | |
| Joby Baker | ... | Stinky | |
| Tom Laughlin | ... | Lover Boy | |
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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 | |
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Burt Metcalfe | ... | Lord Byron |
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Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggy. She's fascinated of his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf. Soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggy. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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love | character name in title | male objectification | surfing | beach |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 April 1959 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
April entdeckt die Männer See more »Filming Locations:
Leo Carrillo State Beach - 35000 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USACompany Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Lyrics by Patti Washington
Music by Fred Karger
Sung by The Four Preps over the opening credits
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Performed by James Darren (uncredited) on screen
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In one scene as Gidget's father and mother are waiting for her to return, her mother says to her dad, "Who did you expect, Kim Novak?" Her dad had played "Howard Bevins" in Picnic (1956), starring Kim Novak. See more »Goofs
At @15min mark as Gidget and her dad are walking back from the stairs to the living room you see the shadow of a camera on her dads shoulder. See more »Soundtracks
GidgetLyrics by Patti Washington
Music by Fred Karger
Sung by The Four Preps over the opening credits
Exclusive Capitol Recording Artists
Performed by James Darren (uncredited) on screen
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Gidget was a movie I saw when I was just going into high school. After I saw it I wanted to be Sandra Dee so badly. She was so perky and pretty, and just so naive. It was a great film set on the beach at Malibu. Young juniors in high school going to the beach to get the attention of the college men. Woo who! And all the antics that go with it. Including when Gidget meets James Darren and he is so very dreamy. He took my breath away. Wow that most handsomest man next to John Saxon. Yep I was taken with this young actor. Who was not only handsome, but he could sing too. That song Gidget I had on 45rpm as did all the girls after we all got a load of Sandra Dee and James Darren together. The story is not too complicated, girl likes boy, girl chases boy who is a surfer, girl learns to surf and tries to make boy jealous, boy pretends he is not interested, then comes unglued when she is with someone else. In the end the prettiest girl Gidget gets Moondoggie. This movie was legendary in 1959 and it made alot of girls want to be a surfer like Sandra Dee in the movie. She even shoots the curl with Moondoggie on his board with him. She tells him it is the ultimate! Cliff Robertson plays the Kahuna and the wisest of the group of surfers who sit on the beach all day sunning themselves and goofing off.
I liked this movie so much!