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Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.
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Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Romance
Written By:Ruth Brooks Flippen, Katherine Albert, Dale Eunson
In Theaters:8/7/1963
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Runtime:104 minutes
Studio:Jerry Bresler Productions
Cast
Paul Wendkos
Director
James Darren
Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
Cindy Carol
Frances "Gidget" Lawrence
Jessie Royce Landis
Albertina Blythe
Cesare Danova
Paolo Cellini
Danielle De Metz
Daniela
Joby Baker
Judge
Trudi Ames
Libby Bennett
Noreen Corcoran
Lucy McDougall
Peter Brooks
Clay Anderson
Lisa Gastoni
Signora Cellini
Claudio Gora
Alberto
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