Gidget

Gidget
Directed byPaul Wendkos
Screenplay byGabrielle Upton
Based onGidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas
1957 novel
by Frederick Kohner
Produced byLewis J. Rachmil
StarringSandra Dee
James Darren
Cliff Robertson
CinematographyBurnett Guffey, ASC
Edited byWilliam A. Lyon
Music byTheme:
Fred Karger (music)
Patti Washington (lyrics)
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 10, 1959 (1959-04-10)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million (est. US /Canada rentals)[1][2]

Gidget is a 1959 American romantic comedy teen movie about living in California. It is about a teenage girl who goes surfing. She has a romance with a young surfer.

The movie stars Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, and pop singer James Darren. The movie was based on a novel by Frederick Kohner titled Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The movie was directed by Paul Wendkos.

  1. Tom Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969, McFarland 2005 , 29
  2. "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

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