Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed.
Glynn Turman
as Isaac / 'Ike'
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Rev. Elija Bliss
Joan Pringle
as Christella
Carl W. Crudup
as Tony
Julian Christopher
as Carl
Fred Pinkard
as Theotis Bliss
Jo Anne Meredith
as Sara Divine
Alice Jubert
as Roberta Bliss / Betty Jo
David McKnight
as J.D. Walker
Stephanie Faulkner
as Phyllis
Fuddle Bagley
as Enoch Land
Earl Billings
as Captain Turner