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Nov 20, 1981
155 min
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Ragtime (1981)

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.

Category

Drama History

Country

United States of America

Companies

The De Laurentiis Company Sunley Productions Ltd.

James Cagney

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Brad Dourif

Younger Brother

Moses Gunn

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Kenneth McMillan

Willie Conklin

Pat O'Brien

Delmas

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

James Olson

Father

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