Ragtime (1981)

7.0/10 155 min Drama History

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

James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Brad Dourif

Younger Brother

Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin

Pat O'Brien

Delmas

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

James Olson

Father

Mandy Patinkin

Tateh

Howard Rollins

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mary Steenburgen

Mother

Debbie Allen

Sarah

Jeffrey DeMunn

Harry Houdini

Robert Joy

Henry Thaw

Norman Mailer

Stanford White

Bruce Boa

Jerome

Norman Chancer

Gent No. 1 - Agent

Jeff Daniels

P.C. O'Donnell

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