# Ragtime (1981)

Synopsis The story runs in the 1910's New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black man piano player. He has won fame and fortune playing with a jazz band. Some white men do not like this situation, and one day they assault him and spoil his brand new car. Walker tries by all means to get justice, without an answer. -- IMDb ************ Cast: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Mary Steenburgen, Samuel L. Jackson, Fran Drescher, Debbie Allen Ragtime was nominated for eight Academy Awards

- Kind: Short
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Milos Forman
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Ragtime1981)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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