Gidget
“Watch out Brigitte...here comes Gidget!”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Gidget performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.5M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$216K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Gidget
Sandra Dee
Gidget
Moondoggie
James Darren
Moondoggie
The Big Kahuna
Cliff Robertson
The Big Kahuna
Russell Lawrence
Arthur O'Connell
Russell Lawrence
Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence
Mary LaRoche
Mrs. Dorothy Lawrence
Stinky
Joby Baker
Stinky
Lover Boy
Tom Laughlin
Lover Boy
Betty Louise aka B.L.
Sue George
Betty Louise aka B.L.
Hot Shot
Robert Ellis
Hot Shot
Mary Lou
Jo Morrow
Mary Lou
Nan
Yvonne Craig
Nan
Patti
Patti Kane
Patti
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