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