Directed by:
Paul WendkosScreenplay:
Gabrielle UptonCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
Dave GrusinCast:
Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Mary LaRoche, Joby Baker, Tom Laughlin, Robert Ellis, Jo Morrow, Yvonne Craig, Doug McClure (more)VOD (1)
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The original surfer girl/beach bum movie, adapted from the novel by Frederick Kohner, Gidget stars Sandra Dee as determined little Frances Lawrence, who falls in love both with surfing and with the characters who populate the local Southern California beach hangout. Of particular interest are the young Moondoggie (James Darren) and the more mature Big Kahuna (Cliff Robertson), a Korean War vet who is the idol of every surfer on the coast for his life of apparently unfettered freedom. (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Sandra Dee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765219_715340.jpg)
Sandra Dee
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
Come September (1961)
If a Man Answers (1962)
![James Darren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313168_81429b.jpg)
James Darren
USA
Best movies:
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Lucky (2017)
![Cliff Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387786_f1e359.jpg)
Cliff Robertson
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Midway (1976)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
![Arthur O'Connell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576474_bfdcb7.jpg)
Arthur O'Connell
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Last Valley (1971)
Mary LaRoche
USA
Best movies:
The Lineup (1958)
The Ladies Man (1961)
Gidget (1959)
Joby Baker
Canada
Best movies:
Girl Happy (1965)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
![Tom Laughlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186516_414d17.jpg)
Tom Laughlin
USA
Best movies:
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The Born Losers (1967)
Robert Ellis
USA
Best movies:
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
The Long Gray Line (1955)
Peter Pan (1953)
![Jo Morrow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935026_46a9a3.jpg)
Jo Morrow
USA
Best movies:
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.f.
Our Man in Havana (1959)
![Yvonne Craig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677344_38d512.jpg)
Yvonne Craig
USA
Best movies:
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
In Like Flint (1967)
Gidget (1959)
![Doug McClure](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313167_f868cb.jpg)
Doug McClure
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Maverick (1994)
Shenandoah (1965)
Ed Hinton
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Burt Metcalfe
Canada
Best movies:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
The Space Children (1958)
Glen A. Larson
USA
Best movies:
Gidget (1959)
Shary Marshall
USA
Best movies:
The Ladies Man (1961)
Gidget (1959)
Cheerio Meredith
USA
Best movies:
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Gidget (1959)