With the Olympics imminent, sports agent Jack Dryden (James Coburn) was recruited to join the team of handlers for sprinter Goldine Serafin (Susan Anton), whose adoptive eugenicist father (Curd Jürgens) had placed her on a controversial nutrition and drug regimen from the cradle. Will the public crucible of competition, however, be one she can meet physically or mentally? Long-sought sci-fi sports story also stars Leslie Caron, Robert Culp, Harry Guardino, Michael Lerner.