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.

Sandra Dee
as Gidget

James Darren
as Moondoggie

Cliff Robertson
as The Big Kahuna

Arthur O'Connell
as Russell Lawrence

Mary LaRoche
as Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence

Joby Baker
as Stinky

Tom Laughlin
as Lover Boy

Sue George
as Betty Louise aka B.L.

Robert Ellis
as Hot Shot

Jo Morrow
as Mary Lou
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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)...