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.
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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]
Director
Jeannot Szwarc
Screenplay
Richard Matheson
Tagline
"Someday in the past he will find her..."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,100,000
Production
Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions, Stephen Deutsch Productions
Filipe Manuel Neto
October 22, 2023
**A forgotten film that deserves to be revisited, even with all its flaws.** Personally, I liked this film. It's one of those films that fell into oblivion very quickly, which doesn't seem fair to me: the film is much better than many more expensive and publicized productions, even though it has serious problems, which I'll talk about. Perhaps very few, besides the producers and cast, really be...
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