Ragtime (1981)
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
155 min
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.
- Release date
- November 20, 1981
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
Trailer
Cast
- James Cagney as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
- Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit
- Howard E. Rollins Jr. as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
- Brad Dourif as Younger Brother
- Moses Gunn as Booker T. Washington
- Kenneth McMillan as Willie Conklin
- Pat O'Brien as Delmas
- Donald O'Connor as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
- James Olson as Father
- Mandy Patinkin as Tateh
Crew
- Miloš Forman · Director
- E.L. Doctorow · Writer
- Michael Weller · Writer
- Dino De Laurentiis · Producer
- Randy Newman · Composer
- Miroslav Ondříček · Cinematographer
- Mary Goldberg · Casting director
- John Graysmark · Production designer