Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime (1981)

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age. 1981-11-20 United States of America 155 Min. PG-13
7 158 votes

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

Brad Dourif is Younger Brother
Younger Brother
Howard Rollins is Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Elizabeth McGovern is Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit
James Olson is Father
Robert Joy is Henry Thaw
Henry Thaw
Moses Gunn is Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
James Cagney is New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Kenneth McMillan is Willie Conklin
Willie Conklin
Pat O’Brien is Delmas, Thaw's Lawyer
Delmas, Thaw's Lawyer
Donald O'Connor is Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Evelyn's Dance Instructor