Ragtime (1981)

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Ragtime on IMDb 7.3/10 7,266 votes

Released:
1981-11-20

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.

Director:
Miloš Forman

Runtime:
2h 35min

Genre:
Drama, History

  • 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