Moving and absorbing without succumbing to sentimentality, this tale rises above its doomed Love Story ending because its characters are people of quality and talent Robert Foxworth plays a young, poor, almost virtuoso pianist, with a promising career, who falls in love with a girl without knowing about her wealth or her ability as a musical composer. How these two complement each other once they bypass the obstacles in their path, building a relationship of enduring strength, will hold your interest throughout. Richard Donner (Foxworth) a part-time music teacher in a prestigious school whose primary interest is his preparation for a concert career, falls in love with attractive Lee McKinley (Miss Anspach). He hesitates to pursue the relationship when he realizes she is a member of the wealthy family that founded the school, but decides to commit himself when he learns from school director Andrew Corby (Barnard Hughes) that the girl is dying. The young couple, determined to wrest joy and companionship from each day, ignore the objections of Lee's suspicious, alcoholic mother, Elaine McKinley (Miss Baxter), who believes Richard has hopes of financing his career at the expense of the McKinleys. Their determination to build something beautiful, despite imminent tragedy, forms the theme of the drama.