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First Love

"Why doesn't anyone tell you there's a difference between making love and being in love?"

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R 1977 · 1h 32m
Drama, Romance
Starring William Katt · Susan Dey · John Heard
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A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.

Theatrical
Nov 4, 1977
Box Office
$9.4M
Budget
$3.0M
Return
3.1x
Director
Joan Darling
Writers
Jane Stanton Hitchcock, David Freeman
Producers
Lawrence Turman, David Foster
Music
John Barry
Studio
Paramount Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
Keywords
love triangle sports lawyer mistress football (soccer) woman director
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Cast

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William Katt
Elgin Smith
S
Susan Dey
Caroline Hedges
J
John Heard
David Bonner
B
Beverly D'Angelo
Shelley
R
Robert Loggia
John March
T
Tom Lacy
Professor Oxtan
S
Swoosie Kurtz
Marsha
J
June Barrett
Felicia
J
Judy Kerr
Secretary
P
Pat O'Hara
Zookeeper
J
Jenny Hill
Girl in Bar
B
Billy Beck
Cafeteria Proprietor (uncredited)
B
Bob Harks
Cafeteria Patron (uncredited)
V
Virginia Leith
Ann March (uncredited)
J
John O'Leary
Waiter (uncredited)

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