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