Ragtime (1981)

11/20/1981 (US) • 2h 35m

Drama, History

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.

Top Billed 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

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

new york city

based on novel or book

jazz singer or musician

public murder

racism

class differences

pianist

ragtime

revenge killing

radical politics

piano

political scandal

racial injustice

1900s

social scandal

new york city history

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