Gidget Goes to Rome is a 1963 Columbia Pictures Eastmancolor feature film starring Cindy Carol as the archetypal high school teen surfer girl originally portrayed by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film Gidget. The film is the third of three Gidget films directed by Paul Wendkos and expands upon Gidget's romance with boyfriend Moondoggie. The screenplay was written by Ruth Brooks Flippen based on characters created by Frederick Kohner. Veterans of previous Gidget films making appearances include James Darren as "Moondoggie", Joby Baker, and Jean "Jeff" Donnell as Gidget's mom, Mrs. Lawrence.
Plot[]
College-bound Gidget (Cindy Carol) is vacationing in Rome for the summer with faithful boyfriend Jeff, aka Moondoggie (James Darren) and their friends. Chaperoning the pair is Aunt Albertina (Jessie Royce Landis). However, Gidget's father Russell, worried about his daughter being abroad, asks an old friend of his, named Paolo Cellini, to keep an eye on Gidget to see that she stays out of trouble. Complications set in when Gidget begins to fall for the much older Paolo.
Cast[]
- Cindy Carol as Gidget (Frances Lawrence)
- Don Porter as Russell Lawrence, her father
- Jean "Jeff" Donnell as Mrs. Lawrence, her mother
- James Darren as Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
- Jessie Royce Landis as Albertina Blythe
- Cesare Danova as Paolo Cellini
- Danielle De Metz as Daniela
- Joby Baker as Judge
- Trudi Ames as Libby Bennet
- Noreen Corcoran as Lucy McDougall
- Peter Brooks as Clay Anderson
- Lisa Gastoni as Signora Cellini
- Claudio Gora as Alberto