"The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time."
Billy Dee Williams
as Scott Joplin
Clifton Davis
as Chauvin
Margaret Avery
as Belle Joplin
Eubie Blake
as Will Williams
Godfrey Cambridge
as Tom Turpin
Seymour Cassel
as Dr. Jaelki
DeWayne Jessie
as John The Baptist
Mabel King
as Madam Amy
Taj Mahal
as Poor Alfred
Spo-De-Odee
as Left Hand of God
Art Carney
as John Stark
David Healy
as Sam Bundler
Samuel Fuller
as Impresario
Leon Charles
as Liebling
Fred Pinkard
as Dr. Adams
Delos V. Smith Jr.
as Wallis
Marcus J. Grapes
as Rabin
Denise Gordy
as The Girl
Rita Ross
as Girl With Note
William King
as The Minstrel Singers
Ronald La Pread
Thomas McClary
Walter Orange
Lionel Richie
Milan Williams
David Raynr
as Young Scott Joplin
DarNella Allen
as Mother
Bob Harks
as Workman (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Ron Taylor
as John Stark's Driver (uncredited)
Jeremy Kagan
Director
Christopher Knopf
Writer
Rob Cohen
Executive Producer
Stanley Hough
Producer
Janet Hubbard
David M. Walsh
Director of Photography
Patrick Kennedy
Editor
William Hiney
Art Direction
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Bernard Johnson
Costume Design
Leonard Drake
Hairstylist
Michael Hancock
Makeup Artist
Jon C. Andersen
First Assistant Director
Joe Nayfack
Second Assistant Director
Roger Heman Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert L. Hoyt
Earl Madery
David M. Ronne
Dennis C. Salcedo
Sound Recordist
Roger Sword
Sound Editor
James Troutman
William H. Schirmer
Special Effects
Harold Johnson
Songs
