Ragtime

1981 7.0 (168 votes) 2h 35m

Genres

Drama History

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
The De Laurentiis Company
Sunley Productions Ltd.

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

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.

Key Crew

Director: Miloš Forman

Screenplay: Michael Weller

Producer: Dino De Laurentiis

Director of Photography: Miroslav Ondříček

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

Videos

Official Trailer

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