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  2. Gidget associates with an all-male surfer gang led by the worldly beach bum, The Big Kahuna. Kahuna is a Korean War Air Force veteran twice the age of Gidget who is fed up with all the rules he had to live by when he flew combat missions, and dropped out of normal society.

  3. Sep 3, 2024 · James Darren, the teen idol who famously played surfer boy Moondoggie in the midcentury 'Gidget' films, died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 88.

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  4. Gidget (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0052847Gidget (1959) - IMDb

    Gidget: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell. A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.

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    • Comedy, Drama, Romance
    • Paul Wendkos
    • 1959-04-10
  6. Screenplay. 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".

  7. Darren rose to fame playing Jeffrey “Moondoggie” Matthews in 1959’s surf classic “Gidget” with Sandra Dee and in the 1961 sequel “Gidget Goes Hawaiian.” Dee was replaced by Deborah Walley in the second film and Cindy Carol in the third, 1963’s “Gidget Goes to Rome.”

  8. Jul 11, 2019 · The iconic film starred Sandra Dee as Francine Lawrence, who finds her place in the sun among a tight-knit clan of Malibu surfers. Her diminutive size earns her the moniker Gidget (girl...