A teenager is struck deaf, mute and blind by a childhood trauma. He finds self-expression through pinball, proving his worth by beating a master of the game. However, the pressures of fame take their toll on the youngster, who becomes the focus of a religious cult. Ken Russell's rock opera based on the Who's album, starring Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Robert Powell, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner and Keith Moon.

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.