Ragtime
Ragtime
Release: 1981-11-20
·Runtime: 155m
·★ 7.0
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The De Laurentiis Company
Sunley Productions Ltd.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Billy J. Mitchell
as Delmas' Assistant No. 2
John Ratzenberger
as Policeman
John Carrafa
as Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Jeter
as Special Reporter
Christopher Malcolm
as Police Captain No. 2
Bruce Boa
as Jerome
Dorsey Wright
as Gang Member No. 4
Brad Dourif
as Younger Brother
Pat O'Brien
as Delmas
Jeff Harding
as Policeman No. 13
Judi Trott
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth McGovern
as Evelyn Nesbit
Jim Fitzpatrick
as Bail Clerk (uncredited)
Frankie Faison
as Gang Member No. 1
Ron Weyand
as Dr. Muller
Ethan Phillips
as Guard at Family House
James Cagney
as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Donald O'Connor
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Mandy Patinkin
as Tateh
Mary Steenburgen
as Mother
Robert Henderson
as Elderly Man
Al Matthews
as Maitre D'
Peter Whitman
as Stock Reporter
Donald Bisset
as J.P. Morgan
Jeff Daniels
as P.C. O'Donnell
John Alderson
as Waldo's Aide No. 1
Zack Norman
as Gent No. 2 - Manager
Andreas Katsulas
as Policeman No. 3
Fran Drescher
as Mameh
Derek Martin
as Waldo's Aide No. 2
Robert Joy
as Henry Thaw
Richard Griffiths
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Max Nichols
as Little Boy
Barry Dennen
as Stage Manager
Kenneth McMillan
as Willie Conklin
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harry Houdini
Robert Dorning
as Gent with Stanford White
Jake Dengel
as Fireman No. 2
Bessie Love
as Old Lady - T.O.C.
George Harris
as Band Leader - Clef Club
Pat Gorman
as Thug No. 2
Stuart Milligan
as Marksman
Edward Wiley
as Conductor
Norman Chancer
as Gent No. 1 - Agent
Alan Gifford
as Judge
Calvin Levels
as Gang Member No. 3
Ray Hassett
as Policeman No. 12
Colette Hiller
as Lawyer's Female Companion No. 1
Pavel Landovský
as Solomon Peretz
Richard Oldfield
as Stock Reporter
Derek Lyons
as Assassin's Best Friend (uncredited)
Jan Tříska
as Special Reporter
Billie Perkins
as Stroller (uncredited)
Harry Ditson
as County Clerk
Gretchen Franklin
as Elderly Woman
Samuel L. Jackson
as Gang Member No. 2
Frank Patton III
as Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)
Moses Gunn
as Booker T. Washington
Robert Hallak
as Phillip (uncredited)
Howard Rollins
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Norman Mailer
as Stanford White
Ted Ross
as Black Lawyer
James Olson
as Father
Robert Arden
as Foreman of the Jury
Nesbitt Blaisdell
as Policeman No. 5
Josh Clark
as Fireman No. 3
Debbie Allen
as Sarah
Douglas Lambert
as Police Sergeant
