Ragtime (1981)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.95 |
Directed By
Miloš Forman
Crew
Miloš Forman
E. L. Doctorow
Patricia Churchill
Frank Bianco
Peter Frampton
Michael Hausman
Bernard Williams
John Dapper
Leonard
Malcolm J. Christopher
Bob Grimaldi
Paul Engelen
Anna Hill Johnstone
Richard Brick
Fred Sidewater
Joe Cuervo
Stephanie Hall
Michael Weller
Colin Jamison
Max Henriquez
Mary Goldberg
Chris Kelly
Dino De Laurentiis
Stanley Warnow
Antony Gibbs
Anne V. Coates
Miroslav Ondříček
Edward Drohan
Michael Stevenson
Tony Reading
Patrizia von Brandenstein
John Graysmark
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
TOP CAST
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
Mandy Patinkin
Tateh
Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Mary Steenburgen
Mother
Debbie Allen
Sarah
Jeffrey DeMunn
Harry Houdini
Robert Joy
Henry Thaw
Norman Mailer
Stanford White
Bruce Boa
Jerome
Hoolihand Burke
Brigit
Norman Chancer
Gent No. 1 - Agent
Edwin Cooper
Grandfather
Jeff Daniels
P.C. O'Donnell
Fran Drescher
Mameh
Frankie Faison
Gang Member No. 1
Hal Galili
Police Captain No. 1
Alan Gifford
Judge
Richard Griffiths
Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Samuel L. Jackson
Gang Member No. 2
Michael Jeter
Special Reporter
Calvin Levels
Gang Member No. 3
Bessie Love
Old Lady - T.O.C.
Christopher Malcolm
Police Captain No. 2
Herman Meckler
Vernon Elliott
Billy J. Mitchell
Delmas' Assistant No. 2
Jenny Nichols
Little Girl
Max Nichols
Little Boy
Zack Norman
Gent No. 2 - Manager
Eloise Taylor
Mrs. Thaw
Don Plumley
Inspector McNeil
Ted Ross
Black Lawyer
Dorsey Wright
Gang Member No. 4
Robert Arden
Foreman of the Jury
Robert Boyd
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas A. Carlin
Vice President Fairbanks
John Clarkson
Plainclothes Detective No. 1
Brian F. Dean
Fireman No. 1
Harry Ditson
County Clerk
Robert Dorning
Gent with Stanford White
Geoffrey Greenhill
Police Guard - T.O.C.
Ray Hassett
Policeman No. 12
Robert Hitt
Plainclothes Detective No. 2
Rodney James
Sleek Male Dancer
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