Our Time (1974 film)

Our Time
Directed by	Peter Hyams
Written by	Jane C. Stanton
Produced by	Richard A. Roth
Starring	Pamela Sue Martin Parker Stevenson Betsy Slade George O'Hanlon, Jr.
Cinematography	Jules Brenner
Edited by	James Mitchell
Music by	Michel Legrand
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 10, 1974 (1974-04-10)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Our Time (also known as Death of Her Innocence) is a 1974 American drama film directed by Peter Hyams. The film was written by Jane C. Stanton, and stars Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson and Betsy Slade. The story is set at a Massachusetts school for girls in the 1950s. Though not a hit, it was liked as a study of a boy-girl relationship.

Plot

Penfield was a girls school in 1955. The curriculum ranged from Latin to Etiquette, from Shakespeare to Field Hockey. Abigail is one of the new girls coming in to learn about these and other subjects. Coming from a well to do family, she hopes to be the school's best student. Just as she is getting started in the school, she meets Michael, a male student in the school. Soon the two fall deeply in love, but their relationship becomes challenged by those around them, leading to difficulties and tragedy.

Cast

• Pamela Sue Martin as Abigail (Abby) Reed
• Betsy Slade as Muffy
• Parker Stevenson as Michael
• George O'Hanlon Jr. as Malcolm
• Karen Balkin as Laura
• Debralee Scott as Ann Alden
• Nora Heflin as Emmy
• Kathryn Holcomb as Helen Connery
• Roderick Cook as Headmaster
• Edith Atwater as Mrs. Margaret Pendleton
• Marijane Maricle as Miss Picard
• Meg Wyllie as Nurse
• Mary Jackson as Miss Moran
• Carol Arthur as Gym Teacher
• Hope Summers as Biology Teacher

Production

Peter Hyams had previously made Busting, an R-rated movie about vice cops which had not performed well commercially. With Our Time, "I was trying to do the opposite of what I had done before," he says. Upon viewing the film, critics took note of the bad cinematography, particularly the repeated instances of seeing sound and lighting equipment in many shots.

See also

• List of American films of 1974

External links

• Our Time at IMDb
• Our Time at Rotten Tomatoes