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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.
Warren Beatty Diane Keaton Edward Herrmann Jerzy Kosiński Jack Nicholson Paul Sorvino Maureen Stapleton Nicolas Coster M. Emmet Walsh Ian Wolfe Bessie Love MacIntyre Dixon Pat Starr Eleanor D. Wilson Max Wright George Plimpton Harry Ditson Leigh Curran Kathryn Grody Brenda Currin Nancy Duiguid Norman Chancer Dolph Sweet Ramon Bieri Jack O'Leary Gene Hackman Gerald Hiken William Daniels Dave King Joseph Buloff Stefan Gryff Denis Pekarev Roger Sloman Stuart Richman Oleg Kerensky Nikko Seppala John J. Hooker Shane Rimmer Jerry Hardin Jack Kehoe Christopher Malcolm Tony Sibbald R. G. Armstrong Josef Sommer Jan Tříska Åke Lindman Pertti Weckström Nina Macarova Jose De Fillippo Andreas La Casa Roger Baldwin Henry Miller Adela Rogers St. Johns Dora Russell Scott Nearing Tess Davis Heaton Vorse Hamilton Fish Isaac Don Levine Rebecca West Will Durant Will Weinstone Emmanuel Herbert Arne Swabeck Adele Gutman Nathan George Seldes Kenneth Chamberlain Blanche Hays Fagen Galina von Meck Art Shields Andrew Dasburg Hugo Gellert Dorothy Frooks George Jessel Jacob Bailin John Ballato Lucita Williams Bernadine Szold-Fritz Jessica Smith Harry Carlisle Arthur Mayer Miriam Margolyes John Ratzenberger Simon Jones
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