Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin's ragtime music portrayed America...only Billy Dee Williams could portray Scott Joplin.

Duration: 96 min

Release date: 1977-02-11

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The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

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Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

as Scott Joplin

as Belle Joplin

as Will Williams

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

as John The Baptist

as Left Hand of God

Delos V. Smith Jr.

Delos V. Smith Jr.

Marcus J. Grapes

Marcus J. Grapes

as Girl With Note

as The Minstrel Singers

Ronald La Pread

Ronald La Pread

as The Minstrel Singers

as The Minstrel Singers

as The Minstrel Singers

as The Minstrel Singers

as The Minstrel Singers

as Young Scott Joplin

as Workman (uncredited)

as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)

as John Stark's Driver (uncredited)

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Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy

Christopher Knopf

Christopher Knopf

Bernard Johnson

Bernard Johnson

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Second Assistant Director

Bernard Johnson

Bernard Johnson

William H. Schirmer

William H. Schirmer

Special Effects

Michael Hancock

Michael Hancock

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Roger Heman Jr.

Roger Heman Jr.

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dennis C. Salcedo

Dennis C. Salcedo

Sound Recordist

Jon C. Andersen

Jon C. Andersen

First Assistant Director

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