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Gidget

A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.

Director

Paul Wendkos

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Columbia Pictures

Awards

1 nomination

Part of Collection

The Gidget Collection: Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian

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Francie Lawrence aka Gidget

Jeffrey Matthews aka Moondoggie

Burt Vail aka The Big Kahuna

Cliff Robertson

Russell Lawrence

Arthur O'Connell

Band at Beach

Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence

Stinky

Lover Boy

Betty Louise aka B.L.

Hot Shot

Mary Lou

Nan

Patti

Waikiki

Lord Byron

Beachgoer

Lead Singer

Surfer

Self - Trailer Host

Group Member

Group Member

Waiter

Cop

Group Member

Joanne

Desk Sergeant

Nosy Woman

Cheerio Meredith

Cop

Girl

Ruthie Robinson

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Mr. Russell Lawrence Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence Moondoggie Gidget Burt Vail Aka The Big Kahuna Francie Lawrence Aka Gidget Jeffrey Matthews Aka Moondoggie Betty Louise Aka B.l.Patti Lord Byron Lover Boy Nan Mary Lou Russell Lawrence Hot Shot Waikiki Stinky Nosy Woman Cop

Gidget This summer was the turning point in my life - Gidget

Gidget This summer was the turning point in my life

Now hear this francie Lawrence - Gidget

Now hear this francie Lawrence

Oh be realistic francie - Gidget

Oh be realistic francie

Well she's more fish than dish - Gidget

Well she's more fish than dish

Betty Louise do you think francie didn't want to go - Gidget

Betty Louise do you think francie didn't want to go

Count them, girls. - Gidget

Count them, girls.

Count them girls Six gorgeous hunks of male - Gidget

Count them girls Six gorgeous hunks of male

Hey, check this
swing, Lover Boy. - Gidget

Hey, check this swing, Lover Boy.

Make like you can't
see them for sand. - Gidget

Make like you can't see them for sand.

We'll have them drooling - Gidget

We'll have them drooling

Hey, hotshot, check this one. - Gidget

Hey, hotshot, check this one.

Did you get the look
that doll gave me? - Gidget

Did you get the look that doll gave me?

Did you get the look that doll gave me - Gidget

Did you get the look that doll gave me

My aching back. - Gidget

My aching back.

Hey, remember? - Gidget

Okay, Babe Ruth, knock it off. - Gidget

Okay, Babe Ruth, knock it off.

Hey, Moondoggie, - Gidget

Hey, Moondoggie,

Boy Hey moondoggie you're not going for that jailbait caper are you - Gidget

Boy Hey moondoggie you're not going for that jailbait...

The man said for me to take the toy back to the nursery - Gidget

The man said for me to take the toy back to the nursery

Okay,
so the word's around... - Gidget

Okay, so the word's around...

Help! Help! - Gidget

Help! Help! Somebody, help! - Gidget

Help! Help! Somebody, help!

Help! Help! Somebody, help! - Gidget

Help! Help! Somebody, help!

This is it. Now, hold
on for your life. - Gidget

This is it. Now, hold on for your life.

Lord Byron Oh well what do you know - Gidget

Lord Byron Oh well what do you know

Go on back to mama And run don't walk - Gidget

Go on back to mama And run don't walk

Hey, what are you, robbing
the cradle, Moondoggie? - Gidget

Hey, what are you, robbing the cradle, Moondoggie?

Gee all I wanted to do is surf That's all - Gidget

Gee all I wanted to do is surf That's all

It's a biological fact Russ - Gidget

It's a biological fact Russ

That's a manhunter - Gidget

That's a manhunter

That's a manhunter? - Gidget

That's a manhunter?

Pop can I get you your slippers How about a pipe - Gidget

Pop can I get you your slippers How about a pipe

Now honest surfing is out of this world - Gidget

Now honest surfing is out of this world

But it's too much money - Gidget

But it's too much money

Honest to goodness mama this surfboard is a gilt edge guarantee - Gidget

Honest to goodness mama this surfboard is a gilt edge...

You done much surfing Uh no not too much - Gidget

You done much surfing Uh no not too much

For them, it's a summer romance. - Gidget

For them, it's a summer romance.

What'll happen to your future - Gidget

What'll happen to your future

That's lord Byron The beard means he digs existentialism - Gidget

That's lord Byron The beard means he digs...

Please no tourists kahuna - Gidget

Please no tourists kahuna

Hey maybe we could let the gidget - Gidget

Hey maybe we could let the gidget

But you know the code Live and let live - Gidget

But you know the code Live and let live

Cut it out will you - Gidget

Cut it out will you

Gosh I owe you my life - Gidget

Gosh I owe you my life

Hey, kid. - Gidget

There you go.
There you are, honey. - Gidget

There you go. There you are, honey.

Hey come on you're tickling me - Gidget

Hey come on you're tickling me

Russell Francie Shut off that infernal racket - Gidget

Russell Francie Shut off that infernal racket

Glad you had such a good time at the beach - Gidget

Glad you had such a good time at the beach

Darling you like boys don't you - Gidget

Darling you like boys don't you

It probably won't happen to me before I'm middle aged - Gidget

It probably won't happen to me before I'm middle...

Oh, no. Back again? - Gidget

Oh, no. Back again?

Hey, you still want
to be a member? - Gidget

Hey, you still want to be a member?

G-gee, fellows,
this is g-great fun. - Gidget

G-gee, fellows, this is g-great fun.

Hey you know - Gidget

What jet propelled him all of a sudden - Gidget

What jet propelled him all of a sudden

Besides one of the advantages of being a young lady is - Gidget

Besides one of the advantages of being a young lady is

I mean it's It's perfectly obvious - Gidget

I mean it's It's perfectly obvious

Hi. - Gidget

Then you better get out of the sun before you melt - Gidget

Then you better get out of the sun before you melt

Honest fellows I'd love a luau When is it - Gidget

Honest fellows I'd love a luau When is it

Kahuna I want to come to that luau - Gidget

Kahuna I want to come to that luau

Gee, I'm sorry, Kahuna. - Gidget

Gee, I'm sorry, Kahuna.

Well, I said it was
a crazy question. - Gidget

Well, I said it was a crazy question.

Cheer up angel - Gidget

What kind of insanity has taken hold of this family - Gidget

What kind of insanity has taken hold of this family

Lover boy - Gidget

Got a cute little girl
And I call her Cinderella - Gidget

Got a cute little girl And I call her Cinderella

I'm her own Prince Charming
And her beauty's so alarming - Gidget

I'm her own Prince Charming And her beauty's so a...

In the book it says
That the clock struck 12:00 - Gidget

In the book it says That the clock struck 12:00

J if you want to see she's the one with me j - Gidget

J if you want to see she's the one with me j

It looks like every surfer from
here to San Onofre turned up. - Gidget

It looks like every surfer from here to San Onofre turned up...

Hey, Gidget, where's that steak? - Gidget

Hey, Gidget, where's that steak?

All right, do you
want to spill it now? - Gidget

All right, do you want to spill it now?

Well boy I just hope you're a better actor - Gidget

Well boy I just hope you're a better actor

Practically any fool could have seen the whole summer long - Gidget

Practically any fool could have seen the whole summer long

Well all we need to do for a while till kahuna takes notice - Gidget

Well all we need to do for a while till kahuna takes notice

Well uh don't you find the kahuna on the lazy side - Gidget

Well uh don't you find the kahuna on the lazy side

Is he looking now? - Gidget

Is he looking now?

J there's no such thing as the next best thing to love j - Gidget

J there's no such thing as the next best thing to love...

Oi! Hey, hey! Hey, Moondoggie, baby.
Break it up. - Gidget

Oi! Hey, hey! Hey, Moondoggie, baby. Break it up.

Hey, hey, hey. - Gidget

Listen maybe the kahuna's gone off his rocker - Gidget

Listen maybe the kahuna's gone off his rocker

I I mean golly who cares about him but - Gidget

I I mean golly who cares about him but

Gee... I guess
you could call this - Gidget

Gee... I guess you could call this

Make yourself at home, Gidge. - Gidget

Make yourself at home, Gidge.

Gee this is a real den of iniquity isn't it - Gidget

Gee this is a real den of iniquity isn't it

Well how about it - Gidget

Well how about it

Nice, huh? - Gidget

Oh, um... maybe you'd like to... - Gidget

Oh, um... maybe you'd like to...

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A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.

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Director: Paul Wendkos

Writer: Gabrielle Upton, Frederick Kohner

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 1959

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Apr 1959

Awards: 1 nomination

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The Gidget Collection: Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian

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