Gidget Grows Up

1969 1h 15m EN

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6.7

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6.5

IMDB

★6.7TMDB · 3★6.5IMDB · 342

ComedyTV Movie

Synopsis

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After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Karen Valentine
Gidget Lawrence
Edward Mulhare
Alex MacLaughlin
Paul Petersen
Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin
Warner Anderson
Ambassador Post
Robert Cummings
Russell Lawrence
Nina Foch
Bibi Crosby
Paul Lynde
Louis B. Latimer
Susan Batson
Diana Otessa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Sheldon
Writers: John McGreevey
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Gidget Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by James Sheldon, shot by John M. Stephens. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Aaron Nibley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Karen Valentine and Edward Mulhare and Paul Petersen carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0065778 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Sheldon directs. John M. Stephens behind the camera. Aaron Nibley cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Gidget Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by James Sheldon, shot by John M. Stephens. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Aaron Nibley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Karen Valentine and Edward Mulhare and Paul Petersen carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0065778 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.