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Gidget (1959)
Directed by Paul Wendkos
“Watch out Brigitte...here comes Gidget!”
Comedy, Romance · 1h 35m
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.
Cast
Sandra Dee
James Darren
Cliff Robertson
Arthur O'Connell
Mary LaRoche
Joby Baker
Tom Laughlin
Sue George
Robert Ellis
Jo Morrow
Yvonne Craig
Crew
- Director
- Paul Wendkos
- Screenplay
- Gabrielle Upton
- Novel
- Frederick Kohner
- Director of Photography
- Burnett Guffey
- Original Music Composer
- Arthur Morton
- Editor
- William A. Lyon
- Producer
- Lewis J. Rachmil
Details
- Release date
- 1959-04-09
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Box office
- $1,500,000