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Ragtime
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
7.0(201)19812h 35m
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
- Created by
- Michael Hausman,Bernard Williams
- Writers
- Michael Weller
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Cast

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

Mandy Patinkin
Tateh

Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mary Steenburgen
Mother

Debbie Allen
Sarah

Jeffrey DeMunn
Harry Houdini

Robert Joy
Henry Thaw

Norman Mailer
Stanford White

Bruce Boa
Jerome
Hoolihand Burke
Brigit

Norman Chancer
Gent No. 1 - Agent
Edwin Cooper
Grandfather

Jeff Daniels
P.C. O'Donnell

Fran Drescher
Mameh

Frankie Faison
Gang Member No. 1
Hal Galili
Police Captain No. 1

Alan Gifford
Judge
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Crew
Directing
- Miloš FormanDirector
- Michael StevensonAdditional Second Assistant Director
Writing
- E. L. DoctorowNovel
- Michael Weller Screenplay
Production
- Patricia ChurchillProduction Manager
- Michael HausmanExecutive Producer
- Bernard WilliamsExecutive Producer
- Malcolm J. ChristopherProduction Manager
- Richard BrickAssistant Unit Manager
- Fred SidewaterAssociate Producer
- Mary GoldbergCasting
- Dino De LaurentiisProducer
Camera
- Miroslav OndříčekDirector of Photography
Editing
- Chris KellyAssistant Editor
- Stanley WarnowEditor
- Antony GibbsEditor
- Anne V. CoatesEditor
Sound
- Randy NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Randy NewmanSongs
Art
- John DapperArt Direction
- Tony ReadingProduction Design
- Patrizia von BrandensteinProduction Design
- John GraysmarkProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Frank BiancoHairdresser
- Peter FramptonMakeup Artist
- LeonardHairstylist
- Bob GrimaldiHairdresser
- Paul EngelenMakeup Artist
- Anna Hill JohnstoneCostume Design
- Joe CuervoMakeup Artist
- Stephanie HallHairdresser
- Colin JamisonHairdresser
- Max HenriquezMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Edward DrohanSpecial Effects Supervisor
Crew
- Steve JamesStunts