Reds

Reds(1981)

"Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!"

6.9/10
358 votes
195 minDecember 25, 1981

Overview

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.

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Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

John Reed

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Louise Bryant

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Max Eastman

Jerzy Kosiński

Jerzy Kosiński

Grigory Zinoviev

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Eugene O'Neill

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

Louis Fraina

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Emma Goldman

Nicolas Coster

Nicolas Coster

Paul Trullinger

M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Speaker at Liberal Club

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Mr. Partlow

Bessie Love

Bessie Love

Mrs. Partlow

MacIntyre Dixon

MacIntyre Dixon

Carl Walters

Pat Starr

Pat Starr

Helen Walters

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Eleanor D. Wilson

Mrs. Reed

Max Wright

Max Wright

Floyd Dell

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

Horace Whigham

Harry Ditson

Harry Ditson

Maurice Becker

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Leigh Curran

Ida Rauh

Kathryn Grody

Kathryn Grody

Crystal Eastman

Brenda Currin

Brenda Currin

Marjorie Jones

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Nancy Duiguid

Jane Heap

Norman Chancer

Norman Chancer

Barney

Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet

Big Bill Haywood

Ramon Bieri

Ramon Bieri

Police Chief

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Jack O'Leary

Pinkerton Guard

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Pete van Wherry

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Gerald Hiken

Dr. Lorber

William Daniels

William Daniels

Julius Gerber

Dave King

Dave King

Allan Benson

Joseph Buloff

Joseph Buloff

Joe Volski

Stefan Gryff

Stefan Gryff

Alex Gomberg

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Denis Pekarev

Interpreter in Factory

Roger Sloman

Roger Sloman

Vladimir I. Lenin

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Stuart Richman

Leon Trotsky

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Oleg Kerensky

Alexander Kerensky / Himself - Witness

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Nikko Seppala

Young Bolshevik Soldier

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John J. Hooker

Senator Overman

Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

MacAlpine

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

Harry

Jack Kehoe

Jack Kehoe

Eddie

Christopher Malcolm

Christopher Malcolm

CLP Party Member #1

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Tony Sibbald

CLP Party Member #2

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Government Agent

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

State Department Official

Jan Tříska

Jan Tříska

Karl Radek

Åke Lindman

Åke Lindman

Scandinavian Escort

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Pertti Weckström

Finnish Doctor

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Nina Macarova

Russian Nurse

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Jose De Fillippo

Russian Doctor

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Andreas La Casa

Little Boy

Roger Baldwin

Roger Baldwin

Himself - Witness

Henry Miller

Henry Miller

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Adela Rogers St. Johns

Herself - Witness

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Dora Russell

Herself - Witness

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Scott Nearing

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Tess Davis

Herself - Witness

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Heaton Vorse

Herself - Witness

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Hamilton Fish

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Isaac Don Levine

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Rebecca West

Herself - Witness

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Will Durant

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Will Weinstone

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Emmanuel Herbert

Himself - Witness

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Arne Swabeck

Himself - Witness

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Adele Gutman Nathan

Herself - Witness

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George Seldes

Himself - Witness

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Kenneth Chamberlain

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Blanche Hays Fagen

Herself - Witness

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Galina von Meck

Herself - Witness

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Art Shields

Himself - Witness

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Andrew Dasburg

Himself - Witness

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Hugo Gellert

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Dorothy Frooks

Herself - Witness

George Jessel

George Jessel

Himself - Witness

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Jacob Bailin

Himself - Witness

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John Ballato

Himself - Witness

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Lucita Williams

Herself - Witness

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Bernadine Szold-Fritz

Herself - Witness

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Jessica Smith

Herself - Witness

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Harry Carlisle

Himself - Witness

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Arthur Mayer

Himself - Witness

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

John Ratzenberger

John Ratzenberger

Communist Leader (uncredited)

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited)

Jill Goldston

Jill Goldston

Dancing Woman (uncredited)

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