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Movie poster for Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime

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

1981

2h 35m

Director: Miloš Forman

Writer: Michael Weller

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.

Cast

20 people

Photo of James Cagney as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Photo of Brad Dourif as Younger Brother

Brad Dourif

Younger Brother

Photo of Moses Gunn as Booker T. Washington

Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington

Photo of Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Photo of Kenneth McMillan as Willie Conklin

Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin

Photo of Pat O'Brien as Delmas

Pat O'Brien

Delmas

Photo of Donald O'Connor as Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Photo of James Olson as Father

James Olson

Father

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