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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
DirectorE. L. Doctorow
NovelMichael Weller
ScreenplayCast
![Brad Dourif's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/z2LYR7Ickql7g5hnWJSIAWMPD4o.jpg)
Brad Dourif
Younger Brother![Howard Rollins's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/tuCYS3UhxTanQ7TVCXk3F36UrrZ.jpg)
Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.![Elizabeth McGovern's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/e69zJZNlRMDGaXuYaybnCPiJ8Cy.jpg)
Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit![Mary Steenburgen's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/yJhfuqS3yXW7kLSyvRU6n3b35mq.jpg)
Mary Steenburgen
Mother![James Olson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/poeGcRZH9GXvNCfqQn66STpMqhz.jpg)
James Olson
Father![Robert Joy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/kPY9ggs4qCi3oeEvkYP17Yvfm5r.jpg)
Robert Joy
Henry Thaw![Moses Gunn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/oVO7uoXbXMuV5Xq6aN2HQEeFWMi.jpg)
Moses Gunn
Booker T. Washington![James Cagney's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/haDKecHGGb1qh8gAoR3ExiJlujn.jpg)