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The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

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.

2h 35m1981PGTMDb 7.0

DramaHistory

English

Crew and Cast

Miloš FormanMiloš FormanDirectorJames CagneyJames CagneyNew York Police Commissioner Rhinelander WaldoBrad DourifBrad DourifYounger BrotherMoses GunnMoses GunnBooker T. WashingtonElizabeth McGovernElizabeth McGovernEvelyn NesbitKenneth McMillanKenneth McMillanWillie ConklinPat O'BrienPat O'BrienDelmasDonald O'ConnorDonald O'ConnorEvelyn's Dance InstructorJames OlsonJames OlsonFatherMandy PatinkinMandy PatinkinTatehHoward RollinsHoward RollinsCoalhouse Walker Jr.Mary SteenburgenMary SteenburgenMotherDebbie AllenDebbie AllenSarahJeffrey DeMunnJeffrey DeMunnHarry HoudiniRobert JoyRobert JoyHenry ThawNorman MailerNorman MailerStanford WhiteBruce BoaBruce BoaJerome
Hoolihand BurkeBrigitNorman ChancerNorman ChancerGent No. 1 · Agent
Edwin CooperGrandfatherJeff DanielsJeff DanielsP.C. O'DonnellFran DrescherFran DrescherMamehFrankie FaisonFrankie FaisonGang Member No. 1
Hal GaliliPolice Captain No. 1Alan GiffordAlan GiffordJudgeRichard GriffithsRichard GriffithsDelmas' Assistant No. 1Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. JacksonGang Member No. 2Michael JeterMichael JeterSpecial ReporterCalvin LevelsCalvin LevelsGang Member No. 3Bessie LoveBessie LoveOld Lady · T.O.C.Christopher MalcolmChristopher MalcolmPolice Captain No. 2

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
20 November 1981
Runtime
2h 35m
Rating
PG
TMDB score
7.0 / 10 (198 votes)

Production

Director
Miloš Forman
Writers
E. L. Doctorow, Michael Weller
Studios
The De Laurentiis Company, Sunley Productions Ltd.
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English