Gidget Grows Up (1969)
Gidget Grows Up (1969)
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.

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Cast

Karen Valentine Karen Valentine As: Gidget Lawrence
Edward Mulhare Edward Mulhare As: Alex MacLaughlin
Paul Petersen Paul Petersen As: Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin
Warner Anderson Warner Anderson As: Ambassador Post
Robert Cummings Robert Cummings As: Russell Lawrence
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Storyline

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.


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Details

Genres: Comedy, TV Movie

Language: English

Release Date: 30 December 1969

Country: US

Runtime: 75m

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Company Credits

Company: Columbia Pictures Television, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Screen Gems Television

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Cast

Karen Valentine

Karen Valentine

Gidget Lawrence

Edward Mulhare

Edward Mulhare

Alex MacLaughlin

Paul Petersen

Paul Petersen

Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin

Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

Ambassador Post

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Russell Lawrence

Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Bibi Crosby

Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

Louis B. Latimer

Susan Batson

Susan Batson

Diana Otessa

Hal Frederick

Hal Frederick

Lee Basumba

Helen Funai

Helen Funai

Minnie Chan

Mario Aniov

Mario Aniov

Abdul Ahmed III

Gunilla Knudson

Gunilla Knudson

Katrina Lund

Doreen Lang

Doreen Lang

Mrs. Willard

Michael Lembeck

Michael Lembeck

Arnold

Davis Roberts

Davis Roberts

Bukumbu Representative

Cynthia Lynn

Cynthia Lynn

Dispatcher

Donald Symington

Donald Symington

Clerk

Harlen Carraher

Harlen Carraher

Ben

Margot Jane

Margot Jane

Rae Ellen

Leo G. Morrell

Leo G. Morrell

Turkish Delegate

Lloyd Kino

Lloyd Kino

Japanese Delegate

Ugo Bianchi

Ugo Bianchi

Italian Delegate

Caryl Lincoln

Caryl Lincoln

Tour Group Member

George Boyce

George Boyce

Tour Group Member

Directed By

James Sheldon

James Sheldon

Director

Michael J. Dmytryk

Michael J. Dmytryk

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Harry Ackerman

Harry Ackerman

Executive Producer

Jerome Courtland

Jerome Courtland

Producer

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Visual Effects

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Camera

John M. Stephens

John M. Stephens

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Howard Campbell

Howard Campbell

Art Direction

Ross Bellah

Ross Bellah

Art Direction

Sidney Clifford

Sidney Clifford

Set Decoration

Other Crew

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