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First love... if it happens to you once, you're lucky
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?Read moreLess
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
The story
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
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Liza MinnelliPookie Adams
Wendell BurtonJerry Payne
Tim McIntireCharlie Schumacher
Becki Davis(uncredited)
Sandy FaisonNancy Putnam (uncredited)
Elizabeth HarrowerLandlady (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Screenplay
- Alvin Sargent
- Producer
- Alan J. Pakula
- Director of Photography
- Milton Krasner
- Original Music Composer
- Fred Karlin
- Editor
- Sam O'Steen
- Editor
- John W. Wheeler