Ragtime

1981

PG

2h 35m

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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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.

Directors

Writers

E. L. Doctorow(novel by)
Michael Weller (screenplay by)
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James Cagney
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
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Brad Dourif
Younger Brother
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Moses Gunn
Booker T. Washington
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Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit
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Kenneth McMillan
Willie Conklin
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Donald O'Connor
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
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Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
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Jeffrey DeMunn
Harry Houdini
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Robert Joy
Henry Thaw
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Norman Mailer
Stanford White
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Bruce Boa
Jerome
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Norman Chancer
Gent No. 1 - Agent

Directors

Writers

E. L. Doctorow(novel by)
Michael Weller (screenplay by)

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Release date

November 20, 1981 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

The De Laurentiis Company
Sunley Productions Ltd.

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