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.
Director
Paul Wendkos
Sandra Dee
Gidget
James Darren
Moondoggie
Cliff Robertson
The Big Kahuna
Arthur O'Connell
Russell Lawrence
Mary LaRoche
Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence
Joby Baker
Stinky
Tom Laughlin
Lover Boy
Sue George
Betty Louise aka B.L.
Robert Ellis
Hot Shot
Jo Morrow
Mary Lou
Yvonne Craig
Nan
Doug McClure
Waikiki
Burt Metcalfe
Lord Byron
Dick Clark
Himself - Trailer Host (uncredited)
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"Brought to the screen from the bestseller that proves a teenager can be delightfully juvenile without being delinquent". God, that is the most 1950's-ass statement I've ever heard.
@kgldude 51
RIP Cliff Robertson (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011), aged 88 RIP James Darren (June 8, 1936 – September 2, 2024), aged 88 RIP Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005), aged 62 You will be remembered as legends
@LPJack02 21
I wish I would’ve discovered this movie when I was in high school I realized as an adult that I am a “gidget”everyone would think that I was so much younger than I was and still today people don’t think I look my age…
@Betsy1994B 45
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