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Ragtime

7.019812h 35mPGMovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorMiloš Forman
WriterMichael Weller
ProducersMichael Hausman·Bernard Williams

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Cast · Directed by Miloš Forman

JCJames Cagney
James Cagney
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
BDBrad Dourif
Brad Dourif
Younger Brother
MGMoses Gunn
Moses Gunn
Booker T. Washington
EMElizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit
KMKenneth McMillan
Kenneth McMillan
Willie Conklin
POPat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien
Delmas
DODonald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
JOJames Olson
James Olson
Father
MPMandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
Tateh
HRHoward Rollins
Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
MSMary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen
Mother
DADebbie Allen
Debbie Allen
Sarah

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