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Ragtime (1981)

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

James Cagney
James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif

Younger Brother

Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Kenneth McMillan
Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin

Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien

Delmas

Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

James Olson
James Olson

Father

Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin

Tateh

Howard Rollins
Howard Rollins

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen

Mother

Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen

Sarah

Jeffrey DeMunn
Jeffrey DeMunn

Harry Houdini

Robert Joy
Robert Joy

Henry Thaw

Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer

Stanford White

Bruce Boa
Bruce Boa

Jerome

Hoolihand Burke
Hoolihand Burke

Brigit

Norman Chancer
Norman Chancer

Gent No. 1 - Agent

Edwin Cooper
Edwin Cooper

Grandfather

Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels

P.C. O'Donnell

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