Reds

Reds

195 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Dec. 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.

Reds

195 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Dec. 25, 1981

Reds
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Paramount, Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance, JRS Productions
Original title Reds
Directors Peter Waller, Michael Green, Michael Zimbrich, Simon Relph, Zelda Barron, Warren Beatty
Writers Trevor Griffiths, Warren Beatty

Cast

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)