Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Heinrich von Kleist; Michael Weller

From novel: Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow

Keywords: Drama

Dramatization of E. L. Doctorow's immensely complicated novel of turn-of-the-century America, focusing primarily on the thread of Coalhouse Walker, black ragtime pianist and later a revolutionary. James Cagney returns to cinema after an absence of 20 years. Received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Adaptation, Best Cinematography, Best Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score and Best Original Song, "One More Hour."

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Debbie Allen	Dancer	16-Jan-1950		All About You
James Cagney	Actor	17-Jul-1899	30-Mar-1986	New York tough guy
Jeff Daniels	Actor	19-Feb-1955		Dumb and Dumber
Jeffrey DeMunn	Actor	25-Apr-1947		Citizen X
Brad Dourif	Actor	18-Mar-1950		Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Fran Drescher	Actor	30-Sep-1957		The Nanny
Frankie Faison	Actor	10-Jun-1949		Commissioner Burrell on The Wire
Richard Griffiths	Actor	31-Jul-1947	28-Mar-2013	The History Boys
Moses Gunn	Actor	2-Oct-1929	16-Dec-1993	Bumpy Jonas in Shaft
Samuel L. Jackson	Actor	21-Dec-1948		Pulp Fiction
Michael Jeter	Actor	26-Aug-1952	30-Mar-2003	Evening Shade
Robert Joy	Actor	17-Aug-1951		Dr. Sid Hammerback on CSI: NY
Andreas Katsulas	Actor	18-May-1946	13-Feb-2006	G'Kar on Babylon 5
Bessie Love	Actor	10-Sep-1898	26-Apr-1986	The Broadway Melody
Norman Mailer	Author	31-Jan-1923	10-Nov-2007	Armies of the Night
Norris Church Mailer	Novelist	31-Jan-1949	21-Nov-2010	Norman Mailer's painter/novelist wife
Elizabeth McGovern	Actor	18-Jul-1961		Cora on Downton Abbey
Kenneth McMillan	Actor	2-Jul-1932	8-Jan-1989	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Pat O'Brien	Actor	11-Nov-1899	15-Oct-1983	Angels with Dirty Faces
Donald O'Connor	Actor	28-Aug-1925	27-Sep-2003	Singin' in the Rain
James Olson	Actor	8-Oct-1930		Rachel, Rachel
Mandy Patinkin	Actor	30-Nov-1952		Dead Like Me
Ethan Phillips	Actor	8-Feb-1955		Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager
John Ratzenberger	Actor	6-Apr-1947		Postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.	Actor	17-Oct-1950	8-Dec-1996	A Soldier's Story
Ted Ross	Actor	30-Jun-1934	3-Sep-2002	Cowardly Lion in The Wiz
Mary Steenburgen	Actor	8-Feb-1953		Goin' South

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