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.
John Reed
Louise Bryant
Max Eastman
Grigory Zinoviev
Eugene O'Neill
Louis Fraina
Emma Goldman
Paul Trullinger
Speaker at Liberal Club
Mr. Partlow
Mrs. Partlow
Carl Walters
Helen Walters
Floyd Dell
Horace Whigham
Maurice Becker
Crystal Eastman
Marjorie Jones
Barney
Big Bill Haywood
Police Chief
Pete van Wherry
Julius Gerber
Allan Benson
Joe Volski
Alex Gomberg
Vladimir I. Lenin
MacAlpine
Harry
Eddie
CLP Party Member #1
Government Agent
State Department Official
Karl Radek
Scandinavian Escort
Himself - Witness
Himself - Witness
Himself - Witness
Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Communist Leader (uncredited)
Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited)
Dancing Woman (uncredited)
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
Screenplay