Ragtime

Nov 20, 1981

2h 35m

★ 7.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

The De Laurentiis Company

Sunley Productions Ltd.

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Cast

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

James Cagney

Younger Brother

Brad Dourif

Booker T. Washington

Moses Gunn

Evelyn Nesbit

Elizabeth McGovern

Willie Conklin

Kenneth McMillan

Delmas

Pat O'Brien

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Donald O'Connor

Father

James Olson

Tateh

Mandy Patinkin

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Howard Rollins

Mother

Mary Steenburgen

Sarah

Debbie Allen

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Bad Bridgets

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Last Man in Tower

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Dilan ITB 1997

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Trampoty pana Humbla

Mar 25, 1998

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Polaris

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4.7

Original Sin

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4.3

Peacock Alley

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6.9

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7.9

Ben-Hur

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7.4

Contact

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7.7

The Bridges of Madison County

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Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

7.2

Short Cuts

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7.7

Manhattan

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7.7

Annie Hall

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7.1

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7.4

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7.3

Murder She Said

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7.0

Murder at the Gallop

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