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Gidget

NR
Movie
1959
1h 35m
English
Comedy, Romance
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.
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6.7
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Gidget (1959) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
60

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James Darren
Moondoggie
Cliff Robertson
The Big Kahuna
Arthur OConnell
Russell Lawrence
Mary LaRoche
Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence
Tom Laughlin
Lover Boy
Sue George
Betty Louise aka B.L.
Robert Ellis
Hot Shot
Jo Morrow
Mary Lou
Burt Metcalfe
Lord Byron
Dick Clark
Himself - Trailer Host (uncredited)
Directed By: Paul Wendkos
Written By: Frederick Kohner (Novel), Gabrielle Upton (Screenplay)

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bizzort says...
5 years ago
Everything is annoyingly wholesome, except the 30 year olds constantly trying to get with the 16 year old that has no idea what's going on. This is fun to watch as an artifact of the time. Other than that, this is pretty boring, cliche, and entirely too wholesome. You'll get your fair share of '50s-isms, though
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gunsgirl says...
6 years ago
Holy Smokes was that wholesome!
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Wuchak
6 years ago
The first beach flick with surprising mindfood minus the goofiness

RELEASED IN 1959 and directed by Paul Wendkos, "Gidget” is a beach drama about a 16 year-old tomboyish girl (Sandra Dee) who gravitates toward a group of surfing males in Southern Cal, specifically Malibu. Kahuna (Cliff Robertso More
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