Gidget
Operation Shaggy Dog | 1966
25 min. | color | ABC | first aired: february 17, 1966 | s01e23
It’s war in the Lawrence household when Gidget finds out her father is behind a resolution to close her favorite teen hangout and build an art museum in its place.
Written by Dorothy Cooper Foote
Directed by Hal Cooper
Produced by William Sackheim
Executive Producer Harry Ackerman
Creator & Script Consultant Frederick Kohner
Associate Producer Stan Schwimmer
Music by Charles Albertine
Title Song Sung by: Johnny Tillotson
Title Song by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller
Gidget… Sally Field
Russell Lawrence… Don Porter
Larue… Lynette Winter
Anne… Betty Conner
John… Pete Deuel
Gary Preeman… Burt Douglas
Buzz… Don Edmonds
Toby… Robert Beach
Tommy… Tim Rooney
Siddo… Mike Nader (uncredited)
Bottle Collector… Johnny Fain (uncredited)
Lew Parker... as Socrates
Director of Photography… Fred Gately, A.S.C.
Art Director… Ross Bellah
Film Editor… Howard Kunin
Set Decorator… Anthony Mondell
Make-up Supervision… Ben Lane, S.M.A.
Surfing Technical Consultant… Phil Sauers
Production Supervisor… Seymour Friedman
Post-production Supervisor… Lawrence Werner
Assistant Director… Mark Sandrich
Music Supervisor… Ed Forsyth
Sound Effects… Fred J. Brown
Don Porter’s Wardrobe by Lebow Clothes
Color by Pathé