Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

Roy Scheider
as Joe Gideon

Jessica Lange
as Angelique

Ann Reinking
as Kate Jagger

Leland Palmer
as Audrey Paris

Cliff Gorman
as Davis Newman

Ben Vereen
as O'Connor Flood

Erzsebet Foldi
as Michelle

Michael Tolan
as Dr. Ballinger

Max Wright
as Joshua Penn

William LeMassena
as Jonesy Hecht
jjvanrensburg
From the opening sequence of Joe Gideon auditioning hopeful young dancers, to the last, ingenious depiction of his heart attack, presented as a showbiz spectacle, this film is at times darkly fascinating and then exuberant in its depiction of a self-destructive song and dance man at the pinnacle of ...