Movie
Ragtime
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-11-20
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The De Laurentiis Company, Sunley Productions Ltd.
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
Crew
- Miloš Forman - Director
- Michael Weller - Screenplay
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