Remembering Ragtime

Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

Cast

Miloš Forman

as Self

Brad Dourif

as Self

Michael Hausman

as Self

Patrizia von Brandenstein

as Self

James Cagney

as NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)

Jeff Daniels

as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)

Elizabeth McGovern

as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)

Howard Rollins

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

Kenneth McMillan

as Willy Conklin (archive footage)

Mandy Patinkin

as Tateh (archive footage)

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