Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
Christopher Reeve
as Richard Collier
Jane Seymour
as Elise McKenna
Christopher Plummer
as William Fawcett Robinson
Teresa Wright
as Laura Roberts
Bill Erwin
as Arthur Biehl
Jiří Voskovec
as Dr. Gerald Finney
Susan French
as Older Elise
John Alvin
as Arthur's Father
Eddra Gale
as Genevieve
Audrey Bennett
as Richard's Date
William H. Macy
as Critic
Laurence Coven
as Critic
