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Gidget

Watch out Brigitte...here comes Gidget!

6.0(45)19591h 35m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.5M
Language
English
Part of The Gidget Collection · 6 films

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Paul Wendkos

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR9 Apr 1959

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Gidget was released on 9 April 1959.

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    Wuchak

    5/27/2018

    8/10

    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 Robertson), a surf “bum” and leader of the group, becomes her figurative big brother as she tries to attract the attentions of Kah…

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