A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.

Alan Alda
as Myles Clarkson

Jacqueline Bisset
as Paula Clarkson

Barbara Parkins
as Roxanne Delancey

Bradford Dillman
as Bill Delancey

William Windom
as Dr. Roger West

Curd Jürgens
as Duncan Mowbray

Kathleen Widdoes
as Maggie West

Pamelyn Ferdin
as Abby Clarkson

Curt Lowens
as

Gregory Morton
as Conductor
Wuchak
_**Alan Alda as a concert pianist with a satanic anointing**_ A music journalist in the Los Angeles area (Alda) meets an aging piano virtuoso (Curt Jurgens), not to mention his beautiful daughter (Barbara Parkins), and automatically becomes like family, but his wife isn't 'hip' with the curious s...