Ragtime
Nov 20 1981
•3h 35m
•Drama, History
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
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Brad Dourif
Younger Brother
Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit
Mary Steenburgen
Mother
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