Movie Type: Romantic Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller
Themes: Reincarnation, Supernatural Romance
Main Cast: Jaclyn Smith, Nigel Terry, Claire Bloom, Shelley Winters
Release Year: 1984
Country: UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Similar to the 1991 Dead Again starring Kenneth Branagh, this story of reincarnation and murder also features two couples who meet again in a new lifetime. Brooke Ashley (Jaclyn Smith) is a ballerina and Michael Richardson (Nigel Terry) is her lover, and they both perish in a fire that destroys their home. Fifty years go by, and Gregory Thomas (Terry), a screenwriter, sees an old film clip of Ashley who could easily pass for his fiancee Maggie Rogers (Smith). Intrigued by this coincidence, he starts to research a screenplay on the ballerina's life, and to help get more material, he visits a medium (Shelley Winters) who used to know her. The medium reveals that Gregory is the reincarnation of the dead Richardson -- which means the former couple is back together again. Before any celebration is in order, some of the increasingly sinister mystery of how and why the couple died in the long-ago fire has to be cleared up. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
David Adams - Chauffeur; Verna Bloom; Frank Gatliff - William Tanner in 1984; Robin James - Dancer; Marianne Stone - Mabel; Elizabeth Cantillon - Dancer; Richard Graydon - Capt. Wilson; Claire Bayliss - Dancer; Josephine Buchan - Research Assistant; Virginia Guy - Lead Dancer; Richard Kay - William Tanner in 1935; David Lewin - Reporter; Philippa Luce - Dancer; Wendy Roe - Dancer; Gillian Winn - Dancer
Credit
John Siddall - Art Director, Marit Allen - Costume Designer, Anthony Richmond - Director, Richard Trevor - Editor, Pino Donaggio - Composer (Music Score), Tony Woollard - Production Designer, David Holmes - Cinematographer, Yoram Globus - Producer, Menahem Golan - Producer, Michael J. Kagan - Producer, Ezra D. Rappaport - Screenwriter, Arne Schmidt - Screenwriter, Trevor Meldal-Johnson - Book Author
