Two lovers. One chance. No time.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Craig ShefferJoe Fisk
- Virginia MadsenLisa Taylor
- Jon PolitoBoss Duchard
- J.J. CohenMapmaker (as Jeffrey Jay Cohen)
- Kate ReidSister Victoria
- Jean SmartSister Maria
- Kari WührerGloria
- D. B. SweeneyBaxter
- Ann SavageSister Harriet
- William G. SchillingWatley
Crew
- Duncan GibbinsDirector
- Warren SkaarenScreenplay
- Bill PhillipsScreenplay
- Sharon BoorstinScreenplay
- Hiro NaritaDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Peter E. BergerEditor
- Gary NardinoProducer
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