
195 minutes
12/25/1981
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Warren Beatty
as John Reed

Diane Keaton
as Louise Bryant

Edward Herrmann
as Max Eastman

Jerzy Kosiński
as Grigory Zinoviev

Jack Nicholson
as Eugene O'Neill

Paul Sorvino
as Louis Fraina

Maureen Stapleton
as Emma Goldman

Nicolas Coster
as Paul Trullinger

M. Emmet Walsh
as Speaker at Liberal Club

Ian Wolfe
as Mr. Partlow

Bessie Love
as Mrs. Partlow

MacIntyre Dixon
as Carl Walters

Pat Starr
as Helen Walters
Eleanor D. Wilson
as Mrs. Reed

Max Wright
as Floyd Dell

George Plimpton
as Horace Whigham

Harry Ditson
as Maurice Becker
Leigh Curran
as Ida Rauh

Kathryn Grody
as Crystal Eastman

Brenda Currin
as Marjorie Jones
Nancy Duiguid
as Jane Heap

Norman Chancer
as Barney

Dolph Sweet
as Big Bill Haywood

Ramon Bieri
as Police Chief
Jack O'Leary
as Pinkerton Guard

Gene Hackman
as Pete van Wherry
Gerald Hiken
as Dr. Lorber

William Daniels
as Julius Gerber

Dave King
as Allan Benson

Joseph Buloff
as Joe Volski

Stefan Gryff
as Alex Gomberg
Denis Pekarev
as Interpreter in Factory

Roger Sloman
as Vladimir I. Lenin
Stuart Richman
as Leon Trotsky
Oleg Kerensky
as Alexander Kerensky / Himself - Witness
Nikko Seppala
as Young Bolshevik Soldier
John J. Hooker
as Senator Overman

Shane Rimmer
as MacAlpine

Jerry Hardin
as Harry

Jack Kehoe
as Eddie

Christopher Malcolm
as CLP Party Member #1
Tony Sibbald
as CLP Party Member #2

R.G. Armstrong
as Government Agent

Josef Sommer
as State Department Official

Jan Tříska
as Karl Radek

Åke Lindman
as Scandinavian Escort
Pertti Weckström
as Finnish Doctor
Nina Macarova
as Russian Nurse
Jose De Fillippo
as Russian Doctor
Andreas La Casa
as Little Boy

Roger Baldwin
as Himself - Witness

Henry Miller
as Himself - Witness
Adela Rogers St. Johns
as Herself - Witness
Dora Russell
as Herself - Witness
Scott Nearing
as Himself - Witness
Tess Davis
as Herself - Witness
Heaton Vorse
as Herself - Witness
Hamilton Fish
as Himself - Witness
Isaac Don Levine
as Himself - Witness
Rebecca West
as Herself - Witness
Will Durant
as Himself - Witness
Will Weinstone
as Himself - Witness
Emmanuel Herbert
as Himself - Witness
Arne Swabeck
as Himself - Witness
Adele Gutman Nathan
as Herself - Witness
George Seldes
as Himself - Witness
Kenneth Chamberlain
as Himself - Witness
Blanche Hays Fagen
as Herself - Witness
Galina von Meck
as Herself - Witness
Art Shields
as Himself - Witness
Andrew Dasburg
as Himself - Witness
Hugo Gellert
as Himself - Witness
Dorothy Frooks
as Herself - Witness

George Jessel
as Himself - Witness
Jacob Bailin
as Himself - Witness
John Ballato
as Himself - Witness
Lucita Williams
as Herself - Witness
Bernadine Szold-Fritz
as Herself - Witness
Jessica Smith
as Herself - Witness
Harry Carlisle
as Himself - Witness
Arthur Mayer
as Himself - Witness

Miriam Margolyes
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

John Ratzenberger
as Communist Leader (uncredited)

Simon Jones
as Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited)

Jill Goldston
as Dancing Woman (uncredited)