Ragtime
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
155 mins
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.
Hoolihand Burke
Brigit
Edwin Cooper
Grandfather
Hal Galili
Police Captain No. 1
Herman Meckler
Vernon Elliott
Jenny Nichols
Little Girl
Eloise Taylor
Mrs. Thaw
Don Plumley
Inspector McNeil
Robert Boyd
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas A. Carlin
Vice President Fairbanks
John Clarkson
Plainclothes Detective No. 1
Brian F. Dean
Fireman No. 1
Geoffrey Greenhill
Police Guard - T.O.C.
Robert Hitt
Plainclothes Detective No. 2
Rodney James
Sleek Male Dancer
George J. Manos
Novelty Shop Storeman
Val Pringle
Clef Club Manager
Sonny Abagnale
Evelyn's Driver
Chaim Blatter
Rabbi
Robert Coffin
Desk Clerk
Patrick Connor
Waldo's Aide No. 3
Joel Cutrara
Policeman No. 11
Natalia Dobrer
Woman No. 1
Daniel Foley
Stock Reporter
Guy Gregory
Black Butler No. 2
Dave Griffiths
Thug No. 1
Jeff Harding
Policeman No. 13
Patrick M. Hughes
Policeman No. 7
Elaine Ives-Cameron
Lawyer's Female Companion No. 2
Norris Mailer
Lady with Stanford White
Nelly Polissky
Woman in Window
Mike Potter
Thug No. 4
Anthony Powell
Policeman No. 9
Joe Praml
Policeman No. 8
Bill Reimbold
Gent No. 3 - Lawyer
Bob Sherman
Policeman No. 10
Tony Sibbald
Stock Reporter
Stan Simmons
Thug No. 3
John Sterland
Library Guard
Britt Walker
Black Butler No. 1
Peter Whitman
Stock Reporter
Nancy Cohen
Female Diner (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Cop (uncredited)
Warren Kliewer
Man (uncredited)
Louis Marino
Jimmy Boy (uncredited)
Cathy Munroe
Champagne Dancer (uncredited)
Chris Parsons
Lower Class Workman (uncredited)
Ilana Rapp
Sister (uncredited)
E. L. Doctorow
Novel
Michael Weller
Screenplay
Michael Hausman
Executive Producer
Fred Sidewater
Associate Producer
Bernard Williams
Executive Producer
Mary Goldberg
Casting
John Dapper
Art Direction
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Frank Bianco
Hairdresser
Joe Cuervo
Makeup Artist
Paul Engelen
Makeup Artist
Peter Frampton
Makeup Artist
Bob Grimaldi
Hairdresser
Stephanie Hall
Hairdresser
Max Henriquez
Makeup Artist
Colin Jamison
Hairdresser
Leonard
Hairstylist
Malcolm J. Christopher
Production Manager
Patricia Churchill
Production Manager
Richard Brick
Assistant Unit Manager
Chris Kelly
Assistant Editor
Antony Gibbs
Editor
Stanley Warnow
Editor
Edward Drohan
Special Effects Supervisor
John Graysmark
Production Design
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Production Design
Tony Reading
Production Design