
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 twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
Cast

Christopher Reeve
Richard Collier

Jane Seymour
Elise McKenna

Christopher Plummer
William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson

Teresa Wright
Laura Roberts

Bill Erwin
Arthur Biehl

George Voskovec
Dr. Gerald Finney
Susan French
Older Elise

John Alvin
Arthur's Father

Eddra Gale
Genevieve
Audrey Bennett
Richard's Date [1972]

William H. Macy
Critic [1972]
Laurence Coven
Critic [1972]
Susan Bugg
Penelope [1972]
Christy Michaels
Beverly [1972]
Ali Marie Matheson
Student [1972]

George Wendt
Student [1972]
Steve Boomer
Hippie [1972]

Pat Billingsley
Professor [1972]
Ted Liss
Agent [Eight Years Later]
Francis X. Keefe
Desk Clerk [Eight Years Later]
Taylor Williams
Maitre d' [Eight Years Later]
Noreen Walker
Librarian [Eight Years Later]
Evans Ghiselli
Coin Shop Proprietor [Eight Years Later]
Barbara Giovannini
Tourist in Hall of History [Eight Years Later]

Don Franklin
Tourist in Hall of History [Eight Years Later]
David Hull
Hotel Manager [Eight Years Later]
Paul M. Cook
Doctor [Eight Years Later]
Victoria Michaels
Made [1912]
William P. O'Hagan
Rollo [1912]
Maud Strand
Marie [1912]
Bo Clausen
Man in Elevator [1912]
James P. Dunnigan
Second Man in Elevator [1912]
Sean Hayden
Young Arthur [1912]
Hal Frank
Stage Manager [1912]
Hayden Jones
Man with Stage Manager [1912]

Val Bettin
Director [1912]

Bruce Jarchow
Bones [1912]
Ed Meekin
Fisher [1912]
Erin Tomcheff
Miss Hammond [1912]
J.J. Butler
Prompter [1912]
Chukuma
Bearded Stagehand [1912]

Michael Woods
Dinner Guest [1912]
Jerry Kaufherr
Maitre d' [1912]

Don Melvoin
Diamond Jim [1912]
Ann K. Irish
Teacher [1912]

JoBe Cerny
2nd Day Desk Clerk [1912]

Richard Matheson
Astonished Man [1912]

Audrie Neenan
Maid in Play [1912]

Tim Kazurinsky
Photographer [1912]
Robert Swan
Stagehand with Note [1912]
Crew

Jeannot Szwarc
Director

Richard Matheson
Screenplay, Novel
Jeff Gourson
Editor

Isidore Mankofsky
Director of Photography
Burt Bluestein
First Assistant Director
Lorraine Senna
Second Assistant Director
Stephen Deutsch
Producer
Steve Bickel
Associate Producer
Seymour Klate
Production Design
Don Piel
Camera Operator
Jennifer Shull
Casting
Jean-Pierre Dorléac
Costume Designer
Roger Sword
Sound Effects Editor
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Earl Madery
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rex Slinkard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charlie King
Sound

John Barry
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Mary Ann Biddle
Set Decoration
Melinda Wickman
Still Photographer
Ulla Bourne
Script Supervisor
Brian Smith
Grip

Britt Lomond
Unit Production Manager
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