Ragtime(1981)

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

70

2h 35m

  • 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

    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

  • Norman Chancer

    Norman Chancer

    Gent No. 1 - Agent

  • Jeff Daniels

    Jeff Daniels

    P.C. O'Donnell

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    Status

    Released (Nov 20, 1981)

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