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Ragtime

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America - the early 1900s. A time of change, the rise of the motor car, the nickelodeon and of 'ragtime' music. Based on E.L. Doctorow's modern classic, this film magnificently re-creates an era weaving a complex series of stories of the rich and poor into a vivid portrait of the times.
Films: page 18
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
E.L. Doctorow
Screenplay:
Michael Weller
Producer:
Michael Hausman
Producer:
Bernard Williams
Director:
Milos Forman
Younger Brother:
Brad Dourif
Evelyn Nesbit:
Elizabeth McGovern
Police Commissioner Waldo:
James Cagney
Booker T. Washington:
Moses Gunn
Willie:
Kenneth McMillan
Delmas:
Pat O'Brien
Evelyn's dance instructor:
Donald O'Connor
Father:
James Olson
Tateh:
Mandy Patinkin
Coalhouse Walker Jr:
Howard E Rollins
Mother:
Mary Steenburgen
Sarah:
Debbie Allen
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