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 ( See more

• Cindy Carol as Gidget (Frances Lawrence)
• Don Porter as Russell Lawrence, her father
• Jean "Jeff" Donnell as Mrs. Lawrence, her mother
• James Darren See more

The film was shot on location in Rome, Italy, with some scenes filmed on Italian beaches. In a parody of La Dolce Vita, Gidget attends a high society party and goes into the Trevi Fountain.
With Deborah Walley pregnant at the time of filming, See more

Bosley Crowther noted in the New York Times of 12 September 1963:
When Gidget, played with the proper pout and correct ingenuousness by Cindy Caroll [sic], arrives in Rome with her group of happy friends, she is bound to fall in love with a married … See more

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• Gidget Goes to Rome at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Gidget Goes to Rome at AllMovie
• Gidget Goes to Rome at IMDb
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