Starring Billy Dee Williams
with Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery

The story of the famous pianist and composer who achieved his greatest fame posthumously when his music was used for The Sting and it was awarded an Oscar, and two years later he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. But during his lifetime his experiences led him from honky-tonk dives, to passing fame and a relentless struggle to have his major work - an opera - staged.

(First showing on British television)
Films: page 19