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6.0Due 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.
Released: 1959-04-0995 minDir: Paul WendkosComedy, RomanceBox office: $1.5MPart of: The Gidget Collection
Cast
- Sandra Dee as Gidget
- James Darren as Moondoggie
- Cliff Robertson as The Big Kahuna
- Arthur O'Connell as Russell Lawrence
- Mary LaRoche as Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence
- Joby Baker as Stinky
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Paul Wendkos
- Cast member
- Burt Metcalfe
- Producer
- Lewis J. Rachmil
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Burnett Guffey
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 679503
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- surfing
- Image
- Gidget (1959) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- Gidget
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- William Lyon
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 55%
- Commons category
- Gidget (film)
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