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