Tomboy Frances Lawrence (Sandra Dee) goes to the beach with her friends, but they ditch her as being 17 but looking more like 12 hinders their manhunting! Whilst there she's rescued by Moondoggie (James Darren) and meets his surfer buddies. She takes a fancy to him, but his indifferent and the rest of them laughing at her, makes her determined to get their attention. So she decides to learn to surf. Eventually she becomes a part of the gang, led by beach bum The Kahuna (Cliff Robertson) and is christened 'Gidget', a mix of girl and midget. But will Gidget get her man?A fine example of the beach movie, that spawned a number of sequels and a tv series, with charming performances from all the leads. Makes following a girl with the usual teenage angst actually entertaining.
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