Ragtime (1981)

  • PG
  • 11/20/1981 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 2h 35m

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

Overview

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Miloš Forman

Director

E. L. Doctorow

Novel

Michael Weller

Screenplay

Cast

James Cagney's headshot

James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad Dourif's headshot

Brad Dourif

Younger Brother
Moses Gunn's headshot

Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovern's headshot

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillan's headshot

Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin
Pat O’Brien's headshot

Pat O’Brien

Delmas
Donald O'Connor's headshot

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor
James Olson's headshot

James Olson

Father

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