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        Ragtime
        7
        (163 votes)

        Ragtime

        1981
        Drama
        History
        2 hr 35 min

        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.

        Creators

        Director
        Miloš Forman
        Novel
        E. L. Doctorow
        Screenplay
        Michael Weller
        Ragtime

        Cast

        Full 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
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (20/11/1981)
        Original language
        English
        Country
        Production companies
        🗽New york city
        📖Based on novel / book
        Jazz singer or musician
        Public murder
        Racism
        Class differences
        Pianist
        Ragtime
        Revenge killing
        Radical politics
        Piano
        Political scandal
        racial injustice
        1900s
        Social scandal
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