A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Younger Brother

Booker T. Washington

Evelyn Nesbit

Willie Conklin

Delmas

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Father

Tateh

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mother

Sarah

Harry Houdini

Henry Thaw

Stanford White

Jerome

Gent No. 1 - Agent

P.C. O'Donnell
November 20, 1981

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Younger Brother

Booker T. Washington

Evelyn Nesbit

Willie Conklin

Delmas

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Father

Tateh

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mother

Sarah

Harry Houdini

Henry Thaw

Stanford White

Jerome

Gent No. 1 - Agent

P.C. O'Donnell
