DramaHistory
Ragtime
"The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age."
User Score174 votes
70%7.0/10
Release1981→
Runtime2H 35M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
James Cagney
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad Dourif
Younger Brother
Moses Gunn
Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillan
Willie Conklin
Pat O'Brien
Delmas
Donald O'Connor
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
James Olson
Father
Media24
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Director
Miloš Forman
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PGKeywords
new york citybased on novel or bookjazz singer or musicianpublic murderracismclass differencespianistragtimerevenge killingradical politicspianopolitical scandalracial injustice1900ssocial scandalnew york city history
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Countries:United States of America
Production:The De Laurentiis CompanySunley Productions Ltd.