The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

Review: The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

Director: Paul Wendkos

Cast: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, William Windom,

Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset
Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman
William Windom
William Windom

Plot: 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.

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Remember Paul Wendkos?

Remember Paul Wendkos?

Although a very prolific director (of mostly television) from the 1950s to the ’90s, Paul Wendkos isn’t a well-known name today, though at his best he had a real flair for unsettling visuals which suited the burgeoning paranoia of the […]

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