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Ragtime (1981)

Nov 20, 1981 · 2h 35m

7.0/10 TMDB user score
200 votes on TMDB

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

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.

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Top cast

  • James Cagney James Cagney New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
  • Brad Dourif Brad Dourif Younger Brother
  • Moses Gunn Moses Gunn Booker T. Washington
  • Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth McGovern Evelyn Nesbit
  • Kenneth McMillan Kenneth McMillan Willie Conklin
  • Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien Delmas
  • Donald O'Connor Donald O'Connor Evelyn's Dance Instructor
  • James Olson James Olson Father
  • Mandy Patinkin Mandy Patinkin Tateh
  • Howard Rollins Howard Rollins Coalhouse Walker Jr.
  • Mary Steenburgen Mary Steenburgen Mother
  • Debbie Allen Debbie Allen Sarah
  • Jeffrey DeMunn Jeffrey DeMunn Harry Houdini
  • Robert Joy Robert Joy Henry Thaw
  • Norman Mailer Norman Mailer Stanford White
  • Bruce Boa Bruce Boa Jerome

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