Skip to content
HOLLYWOOD METRICS
HomeAboutCraftNewsAnalyticsScriptsBooksPricingAPIMCP
Catalog/Comedy/The First Time
The First Time poster
C
Average
MASTER SCORE 53.3 / 100
1969·Comedy / Drama / Romance·1h 30m

THE FIRST TIME

With the coming of summer, three high school buddies--Kenny Leeds, Mike Decker, and Tommy Kingsley--anticipate their initiation into the pleasures of manhood. But Kenny is separated from his friends and sent to stay with his grandparents in Buffalo while his father, a widowed salesman, leaves on a business trip with his secretary-fiancée. Bored and alone in a strange city, Kenny writes his two friends letters about his adventures at "Rosie's," a fictitious brothel across the Canadian border in Niagara Falls. His lie quickly backfires.

Above the Line
James Neilson·DirectorRoger Smith·ScreenplayJo Heims·ScreenplayErnest Laszlo·Director of PhotographyKenyon Hopkins·Original Music ComposerBud Molin·Editor
Cast
Jacqueline Bisset·AnnaWes Stern·KennyRicky Kelman·MikeWink Roberts·TommyGerard Parkes·CharlesCosette Lee·GrandmotherSharon Acker·Pamela WilliamsTrudy Young·uncredited
Full Crew
(9 credits)
Directing· 1
James Neilson·Director
Writing· 3
Roger Smith·ScreenplayJo Heims·ScreenplayBernard Bassey·Story
Camera· 1
Ernest Laszlo·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Bud Molin·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Kenyon Hopkins·Original Music Composer
Production· 2
Allan Carr·ProducerRoger Smith·Producer
By the Numbers
53.3
OF 100
Master Score
4.9
OF 10
IMDb
—
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
Where to Watch

THE AVAILABILITY MAP

The canonical record of where this film lives across the streaming map.

Provider Index In Progress

Streaming, rental, and purchase availability for this title is being ingested from the TMDB watch-providers feed and will appear here once the next catalog refresh runs. Until then, the canonical source links below remain the fastest route.

Find on TMDB
Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The First Time's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#FFFFFF
#8C715C
#2B3645
Mood
Youthful, Contemplative
Composition
Split
Era
2000s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The poster features two young people, a girl and a boy, standing next to a chain-link fence. The girl, on the left, wears a white long-sleeved shirt, a dark ski”

dramacoming-of-age
Key Elements
Chain Link FenceLong Thin Object (possibly A Stick Or Umbrella)Dark Jacket
Atmosphere
Bright
Color Mood
Neutral
Setting
Urban
Design Score
7/10
More Like This

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Neighboring films in the catalog's similarity graph.

Keep Going

THREE WAYS DEEPER

Auteur
AUT
MORE BY JAMES NEILSON

Every catalog entry where James Neilson is credited as director.

Open
Family
GEN
MORE COMEDY

Top-ranked films inside comedy, sorted by master score.

Open
Era
DEC
MORE FROM THE 1960S

The best films of the 1960s, ranked across every available metric.

Open
View on IMDbView on TMDBCatalog
HOLLYWOOD METRICS

The definitive mathematical oracle for cinematic success and creative script intelligence.

74,000+ Films100 Years1.1M+ Reviews
PRODUCT
  • Dashboard
  • Pricing
  • Script Analysis
  • Watch the Demo
  • The Red List
  • News
  • Analytics
  • API
  • MCP Connector
COMPANY
  • About
  • Track Record
  • Trust & Script Privacy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
CONNECT
  • ▶YouTube
  • ◉Instagram
  • ♪TikTok
  • @Threads
  • fFacebook
Get Started Free →
© 2026 Hollywood Metrics. All rights reserved.Powered by bespoke agents and autonomous agentic workflows