Director: Warren Beatty

Writers: Warren Beatty; Trevor Griffiths

Original Music by: Stephen Sondheim

Producer: Warren Beatty

Keywords: Drama, Russia

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
R. G. Armstrong	Actor	7-Apr-1917	27-Jul-2012	Pruneface in Dick Tracy
Roger Baldwin	Activist	21-Jan-1884	26-Aug-1981	Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union
Warren Beatty	Actor	30-Mar-1937		Dick Tracy
Joseph Buloff	Actor	20-Jan-1899	27-Feb-1985	Yiddish stage actor
William Daniels	Actor	31-Mar-1927		Voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider
Will Durant	Historian	5-Nov-1885	7-Nov-1981	The Story of Civilization
Hamilton Fish III	Politician	7-Dec-1888	18-Jan-1991	Congressman from New York, 1920-45
Gene Hackman	Actor	30-Jan-1930		The Conversation
Edward Herrmann	Actor	21-Jul-1943	31-Dec-2014	Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
George Jessel	Actor	3-Apr-1898	24-May-1981	Toastmaster General of the United States
Diane Keaton	Actor	5-Jan-1946		Kay in The Godfather films
Jerzy Kosinski	Author	14-Jun-1933	3-May-1991	Being There
Bessie Love	Actor	10-Sep-1898	26-Apr-1986	The Broadway Melody
Henry Miller	Novelist	26-Dec-1891	7-Jun-1980	Tropic of Cancer
Scott Nearing	Economist	6-Aug-1883	24-Aug-1983	Socialist economist
Jack Nicholson	Actor	22-Apr-1937		Chinatown
George Plimpton	Author	18-Mar-1927	25-Sep-2003	Paper Lion
Dora Russell	Activist	3-Apr-1894	31-May-1986	Feminist, birth control and peace activist
George Seldes	Journalist	16-Nov-1890	2-Jul-1995	Witness to a Century
Paul Sorvino	Actor	13-Apr-1939		Det. Cerreta on Law & Order
Maureen Stapleton	Actor	21-Jun-1925	13-Mar-2006	Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman
Dolph Sweet	Actor	18-Jul-1920	8-May-1985	Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
M. Emmet Walsh	Actor	22-Mar-1935		Grizzled character actor
Rebecca West	Author	21-Dec-1892	15-Mar-1983	Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials
Ian Wolfe	Actor	4-Nov-1896	23-Jan-1992	Bedlam
Max Wright	Actor	2-Aug-1943		The dad on ALF

CAST

Warren Beatty	...   John Reed
Diane Keaton	...   Louise Bryant
Edward Herrmann	...   Max Eastman
Jerzy Kosinski	...   Grigory Zinoviev
Jack Nicholson	...   Eugene O'Neill
Paul Sorvino	...   Louis Fraina
Maureen Stapleton	...   Emma Goldman
Co-Starring
R. G. Armstrong	...   Government Agent
Ramon Bieri	...   Police Chief
Joseph Buloff	...   Joe Volski
Nicolas Coster	...   Paul Trullinger
Brenda Currin	...   Marjorie Jones
William Daniels	...   Julius Gerber
MacIntyre Dixon	...   Carl Walters
Kathryn Grody	...   Crystal Eastman
Stefan Gryff	...   Alex Gomberg
Jerry Hardin	...   Harry
Gerald Hiken	...   Dr. Lorber
Jack Kehoe	...   Eddie
Dave King	...   Allan Benson
Bessie Love	...   Mrs. Partlow
George Plimpton	...   Horace Whigham
Shane Rimmer	...   MacAlpine
Josef Sommer	...   State Department Official
Dolph Sweet	...   Big Bill Haywood
Jan Triska	...   Karl Radek
M. Emmet Walsh	...   Speaker -- Liberal Club
Eleanor D. Wilson	...   Mrs. Reed
Ian Wolfe	...   Mr. Partlow
Max Wright	...   Floyd Dell
Pat Starr	...   Helen Walters
Harry Ditson	...   Maurice Becker
Leigh Curran	...   Ida Rauh
Nancy Duiguid	...   Jane Heap
Norman Chancer	...   Barney
Jack O'Leary	...   Pinkerton Guard
Gene Hackman	...   Pete Van Wherry
Denis Pekarev	...   Interpreter in Factory
Roger Sloman	...   V. I. Lenin
Stuart Richman	...   L. Trotsky
Oleg Kerensky	...   A. Kerensky
Nikko Seppala	...   Young Bolshevik Soldier
John J. Hooker	...   Sen. Overman
Christopher Malcolm	...   CLP Party Member
Tony Sibbald	...   CLP Party Member
Ake Lindman	...   Scandinavian Escort
Pertti Weckstrom	...   Finnish Doctor
Nina Macarova	...   Russian Nurse
Jose De Fillippo	...   Russian Doctor
Andreas La Casa	...   Little Boy
The Witnesses
Roger Baldwin	...   Himself
Henry Miller	...   Himself
Adela Rogers St. Johns	...   Herself
Dora Russell	...   Herself
Scott Nearing	...   Himself
Tess Davis	...   Herself
Heaton Vorse	...   Himself
Hamilton Fish	...   Himself
Isaac Don Levine	...   Himself
Rebecca West	...   Herself
Will Durant	...   Himself
Will Weinstone	...   Herself
Oleg Kerensky	...   Himself
Emmanuel Herbert	...   Himself
Arne Swabeck	...   Himself
Adele Nathan	...   Herself
George Seldes	...   Himself
Kenneth Chamberlain	...   Himself
Blanche Hays Fagen	...   Herself
Galina Von Meck	...   Herself
Art Shields	...   Himself
Andrew Dasburg	...   Himself
Hugo Gellert	...   Himself
Dorothy Frooks	...   Herself
George Jessel	...   Himself
Jacob Bailin	...   Himself
John Ballato	...   Himself
Lucita Williams	...   Herself
Bernadine Szold-Fritz	...   Herself
Jessica Smith	...   Herself
Harry Carlisle	...   Himself
Arthur Mayer	...   Himself

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