Ragtime
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Ragtime

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

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.

Drama
History

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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.

Released November 20, 1981

Quick facts

Language
en
Status
Released
Votes
186
Seasons
-

Top cast

The faces you are about to watch.

James Cagney

James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Younger Brother

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Kenneth McMillan

Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Delmas

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

James Olson

James Olson

Father

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