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