De 11-jarige Cory (Dan Byrd) is een pleegkind dat niemand wil hebben. Carlotta (Julie Harris) is een oudere, door de wereld vergeten, vrouw. Samen vinden ze vriendschap en familie, wanneer ze zich aansluiten bij een reizend circus.
Nee, helaas is The First of May nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Nelson Betancourt | Producer |
| Production | Jan Rhees | Producer |
| Production | Ralph Clemente | Producer |
| Production | Christopher Simons Haviland | Producer |
| Production | Mehrdad Azami | Producer |
| Production | Reza Badiyi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gary Rogers | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverly Safier | Costume Design |
| Art | Karen Rigsby | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Oliver Peters | Editor |
| Production | Paul Simons | Producer |
| Sound | Brian Langsbard | Music |
| Art | Orvis Rigsby | Production Design |
| Production | Sandy Watterson | Producer |
| Production | John B. Goodman | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Gary Rogers | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tish Simpson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Melvin Johnson | Casting |
| Camera | Stephen Campbell | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Paul Sirmons | Director |
| Writing | Gail Radley | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Maurno | Key Makeup Artist |
| Art | Joseph E. Stone | Property Master |
| Camera | Tom Farrar | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Jillian Amburgey | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Marc Wostak | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Andy Clapp | Gaffer |
| Crew | Glenn R. Wilder | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Bob Bass | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | David E. Conley | Carpenter |
| Sound | Bob Bass | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Tommie Turvey | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | J. Steven Latham | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | John Evanko | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Richard Achor | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Safier | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Christopher Sirmons Haviland | Location Manager |
| Crew | Genevieve Abate | Propmaker |
| Art | Vern Crofoot | Property Master |
| Camera | William Papp | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Kevin Santy | Boom Operator |
| Production | Robert Cahoon | Production Coordinator |
