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Ragtime (1981)

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The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Miloš Forman
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    New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo James Cagney
  • Profile picture of Brad Dourif
    Younger Brother Brad Dourif
  • Profile picture of Moses Gunn
    Booker T. Washington Moses Gunn
  • Profile picture of Elizabeth McGovern
    Evelyn Nesbit Elizabeth McGovern
  • Profile picture of Kenneth McMillan
    Willie Conklin Kenneth McMillan
  • Profile picture of Pat O’Brien
    Delmas Pat O’Brien
  • Profile picture of Donald O'Connor
    Evelyn's Dance Instructor Donald O'Connor
  • Profile picture of James Olson
    Father James Olson

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Keywords

  • new york city
  • based on novel or book
  • jazz singer or musician
  • public murder
  • racism
  • class differences
  • pianist
  • ragtime
  • revenge killing
  • radical politics
  • piano
  • political scandal
  • racial injustice
  • 1900s
  • social scandal