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Ragtime

Ragtime
★ 7.0/10•1981•2h 35m•PG•Drama•History

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

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

Michael Weller · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 35m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 20, 1981

Actors

James Cagney

James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Younger Brother

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Kenneth McMillan

Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Delmas

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

James Olson

James Olson

Father

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Tateh

Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Mother

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Sarah

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

Harry Houdini

Robert Joy

Robert Joy

Henry Thaw

Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

Stanford White

Bruce Boa

Bruce Boa

Jerome

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