Watch Ragtime (1981) Official Trailer
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
7 / 10 IMDb November 20, 1981 2h 35m
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.
Director
Runtime
2h 35m
Release Date
November 20, 1981
Genre
Drama, History
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
James Cagney
as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad Dourif
as Younger Brother
Moses Gunn
as Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovern
as Evelyn Nesbit
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
Howard Rollins
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Mary Steenburgen
as Mother
Debbie Allen
as Sarah
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harry Houdini
Robert Joy
as Henry Thaw
Norman Mailer
as Stanford White
Bruce Boa
as Jerome
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Hoolihand Burke
as Brigit
Norman Chancer
as Gent No. 1 - Agent
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Edwin Cooper
as Grandfather
Jeff Daniels
as P.C. O'Donnell
Production Companies
The De Laurentiis CompanySunley Productions Ltd.
Ragtime Official Trailer 1981
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