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.

James Cagneyas New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad Dourifas Younger Brother
Moses Gunnas Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovernas Evelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillanas Willie Conklin
Pat O'Brienas Delmas
Donald O'Connoras Evelyn's Dance Instructor
James Olsonas Father
Mandy Patinkinas Tateh
Howard Rollinsas Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Miroslav Ondříček