Gidget Film Collection, The LimitedStock Kyle Resnick (The National

Kyle Resnick (The National

It also served as a training ground for up and coming talent such as Robert Redford

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an old man who recalls his youth as a male model

Gidget Film Collection, The LimitedStock Kyle Resnick (The NationalGIDGET (1959) The original surfer girl beach bum movie, adapted from the novel by Frederick Kohner, Gidget (1959) stars Sandra Dee as determined little Frances Lawrence, who falls in love both with surfing and with the characters who populate the local Southern California beach hangout. Of particular interest are the young Moondoggie (James Darren) and the more mature Big Kahuna (Cliff Robertson), a Korean War vet who is the idol of every surfer on