First Love (1977 film)
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Directed by
Joan Darling
Produced by
David Foster
Lawrence Turman
Written by
Harold Brodkey
David Freeman
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
Starring
Susan Dey
William Katt
John Heard
Beverly D’Angelo
Robert Loggia
Music by
John Barry
Cinematography
Bobby Byrne
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
November 4, 1977
Running time
91 min
Language
English
First Love is a 1977 romance film. It stars Susan Dey and William Katt and was directed by Joan Darling. The movie is based upon the story Sentimental Education by Harold Brodkey.
Plot Summary
The story follows Elgin (Katt), a college student who experiences his first romantic and sexual relationship with older coed, Caroline (Dey). Caroline must choose between an older man she is seeing and the younger Elgin. Fine acting by both stars helped make this critically acclaimed by some for its candid frank portrayal of romantic relationships. This was also a groundbreaking film for its director.
In the United States, this film is rated R for its nudity and frank sexual language content.
Main cast
- Susan Dey - Caroline
- William Katt - Elgin
- Beverly D’Angelo - Shelley
- Robert Loggia - John March
- Swoosie Kurtz - Marsha
- John Heard - David
- Tom Lacy - Professor Oxton
- June Barrett - Felicia
External links
- First Love at the Internet Movie Database
- First Love at Allmovie
- First Love at Rotten Tomatoes
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