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Rated
PG
Runtime 155 min
Ratings
84% critics Rotten Tomatoes
77% audience Rotten Tomatoes
Genre Drama
Release 12/25/81
Actors James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Directors Milos Forman
The story runs in the 1910's New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black 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...
Genre Drama
Release 12/25/81
Actors James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Directors Milos Forman
The story runs in the 1910's New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black 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...