Movie · 1981
Reds
Released 25 December 1981 More from 1981 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Bessie Love
as Mrs. Partlow
Maureen Stapleton
as Emma Goldman
George Plimpton
as Horace Whigham
Gerald Hiken
as Dr. Lorber
William Daniels
as Julius Gerber
Ramon Bieri
as Police Chief
Dave King
as Allan Benson
Shane Rimmer
as MacAlpine
Jerry Hardin
as Harry
Nicolas Coster
as Paul Trullinger
Josef Sommer
as State Department Official
Jan Tříska
as Karl Radek
Stefan Gryff
as Alex Gomberg
Miriam Margolyes
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Edward Herrmann
as Max Eastman
Roger Sloman
as Vladimir I. Lenin
Simon Jones
as Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited)
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The numbers
52years between the oldest and youngest billed
83Bessie Love — oldest on the call sheet
31Simon Jones — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast