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The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age. - Ragtime
Movie Details

Title: Ragtime

Release Date: 20 Nov 1981

Runtime: 2h 35m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Paramount Pictures, The De Laurentiis Company, Sunley Productions Ltd.

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, The De Laurentiis Company, Sunley Productions Ltd.

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.

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Average Vote: 7 (163 votes)

Cast

  • New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo: James Cagney
  • Younger Brother: Brad Dourif
  • Booker T. Washington: Moses Gunn
  • Evelyn Nesbit: Elizabeth McGovern
  • Willie Conklin: Kenneth McMillan
  • Delmas: Pat O’Brien
  • Evelyn's Dance Instructor: Donald O'Connor
  • Father: James Olson
  • Tateh: Mandy Patinkin
  • Coalhouse Walker Jr.: Howard Rollins
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