Ragtime

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

Directed by: Miloš Forman

7.0 185

2h 35m 11/20/81

DramaHistory

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

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Younger Brother

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern

Kenneth McMillan

Donald O'Connor

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Mary Steenburgen

Hoolihand Burke

Gent No. 1 - Agent

Gang Member No. 1

Police Captain No. 1

Richard Griffiths

Delmas' Assistant No. 1

Samuel L. Jackson

Gang Member No. 2

Special Reporter

Gang Member No. 3

Old Lady - T.O.C.

Christopher Malcolm

Police Captain No. 2

Billy J. Mitchell

Delmas' Assistant No. 2

Gent No. 2 - Manager

Inspector McNeil

Gang Member No. 4

Foreman of the Jury

Teddy Roosevelt

Thomas A. Carlin

Vice President Fairbanks

Plainclothes Detective No. 1

Gent with Stanford White

Geoffrey Greenhill

Police Guard - T.O.C.

Policeman No. 12

Plainclothes Detective No. 2

Sleek Male Dancer

Band Leader - Clef Club

George J. Manos

Novelty Shop Storeman

Clef Club Manager

Evelyn's Driver

Waldo's Aide No. 1

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Policeman No. 5

Waldo's Aide No. 3

Policeman No. 11

Gretchen Franklin

Black Butler No. 2

Policeman No. 13

Robert Henderson

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

Lady with Stanford White

Waldo's Aide No. 2

Stuart Milligan

Richard Oldfield

Woman in Window

Policeman No. 9

Guard at Family House

Policeman No. 8

John Ratzenberger

Gent No. 3 - Lawyer

Policeman No. 10

Special Reporter

Black Butler No. 1

Dancer (uncredited)

Female Diner (uncredited)

Cop (uncredited)

Jim Fitzpatrick

Bail Clerk (uncredited)

Phillip (uncredited)

Assassin's Best Friend (uncredited)

Jimmy Boy (uncredited)

Champagne Dancer (uncredited)

Lower Class Workman (uncredited)

Frank Patton III

Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)

Stroller (uncredited)

Chorus Girl (uncredited)