
Ragtime
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
1981 en 155 minutes
Rating: 7
Plot
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.
Trailer
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

Richard Griffiths
Delmas' Assistant No. 1

Samuel L. Jackson
Gang Member No. 2

Michael Jeter
Special Reporter

Calvin Levels
Gang Member No. 3

Bessie Love
Old Lady - T.O.C.

Christopher Malcolm
Police Captain No. 2

Herman Meckler
Vernon Elliott

Billy J. Mitchell
Delmas' Assistant No. 2

Jenny Nichols
Little Girl

Max Nichols
Little Boy

Zack Norman
Gent No. 2 - Manager

Eloise Taylor
Mrs. Thaw

Don Plumley
Inspector McNeil

Ted Ross
Black Lawyer

Dorsey Wright
Gang Member No. 4

Robert Arden
Foreman of the Jury

Robert Boyd
Teddy Roosevelt

Thomas A. Carlin
Vice President Fairbanks

John Clarkson
Plainclothes Detective No. 1

Brian F. Dean
Fireman No. 1

Harry Ditson
County Clerk

Robert Dorning
Gent with Stanford White

Geoffrey Greenhill
Police Guard - T.O.C.

Ray Hassett
Policeman No. 12

Robert Hitt
Plainclothes Detective No. 2

Rodney James
Sleek Male Dancer

George Harris
Band Leader - Clef Club

George J. Manos
Novelty Shop Storeman

Val Pringle
Clef Club Manager

Ron Weyand
Dr. Muller

Sonny Abagnale
Evelyn's Driver

John Alderson
Waldo's Aide No. 1

Nesbitt Blaisdell
Policeman No. 5

Chaim Blatter
Rabbi

Donald Bisset
J.P. Morgan

Josh Clark
Fireman No. 3

Robert Coffin
Desk Clerk

Patrick Connor
Waldo's Aide No. 3

Joel Cutrara
Policeman No. 11

Jake Dengel
Fireman No. 2

Barry Dennen
Stage Manager

Natalia Dobrer
Woman No. 1

Daniel Foley
Stock Reporter

Gretchen Franklin
Elderly Woman

Pat Gorman
Thug No. 2

Guy Gregory
Black Butler No. 2

Dave Griffiths
Thug No. 1

Jeff Harding
Policeman No. 13

Robert Henderson
Elderly Man

Colette Hiller
Lawyer's Female Companion No. 1

Patrick M. Hughes
Policeman No. 7

Elaine Ives-Cameron
Lawyer's Female Companion No. 2

Andreas Katsulas
Policeman No. 3

Douglas Lambert
Police Sergeant

Pavel Landovský
Solomon Peretz

Norris Mailer
Lady with Stanford White

Derek Martin
Waldo's Aide No. 2

Al Matthews
Maitre D'

Stuart Milligan
Marksman

Richard Oldfield
Stock Reporter

Nelly Polissky
Woman in Window

Mike Potter
Thug No. 4

Anthony Powell
Policeman No. 9

Ethan Phillips
Guard at Family House

Joe Praml
Policeman No. 8

John Ratzenberger
Policeman

Bill Reimbold
Gent No. 3 - Lawyer

Bob Sherman
Policeman No. 10

Tony Sibbald
Stock Reporter

Stan Simmons
Thug No. 3

John Sterland
Library Guard

Jan Tříska
Special Reporter

Burnell Tucker
Reporter

Britt Walker
Black Butler No. 1

Peter Whitman
Stock Reporter

Edward Wiley
Conductor

John Carrafa
Dancer (uncredited)

Nancy Cohen
Female Diner (uncredited)

Harry Fielder
Cop (uncredited)

Jim Fitzpatrick
Bail Clerk (uncredited)

Robert Hallak
Phillip (uncredited)

Warren Kliewer
Man (uncredited)

Derek Lyons
Assassin's Best Friend (uncredited)

Louis Marino
Jimmy Boy (uncredited)

Cathy Munroe
Champagne Dancer (uncredited)

Chris Parsons
Lower Class Workman (uncredited)

Frank Patton III
Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)

Billie Perkins
Stroller (uncredited)

Ilana Rapp
Sister (uncredited)

Judi Trott
Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Barrie Holland
Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)