---
title: 'Reds (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Warren Beatty'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 194
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/reds-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Reds (1981)

1981 · 194 min · Drama, War, History, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Reds is a 1981 American epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty, about the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the October Revolution in Russia in his 1919 book Ten Days That Shook the World. Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as activist Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as playwright Eugene O'Neill.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Warren Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-beatty)
- **Screenplay:** [Warren Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-beatty), [Trevor Griffiths](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-griffiths)
- **Producer:** [Warren Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-beatty)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stephen Sondheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-sondheim)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vittorio Storaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-storaro)
- **Editor:** [Dede Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-allen)

## Cast

- [Gene Hackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-hackman) as Pete Van Wherry
- [Simon Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-jones)
- [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson) as Eugene O'Neill
- [Maureen Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-stapleton) as Emma Goldman
- [Warren Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-beatty) as John Reed
- [Dora Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dora-russell)
- [Joseph Buloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-buloff)
- [Paul Sorvino](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sorvino) as Louis C. Fraina
- [George Plimpton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-plimpton) as Horace Whigham
- [Adela Rogers St. Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/adela-rogers-st-johns)
- [Roger Nash Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-nash-baldwin)
- [Josef Sommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-sommer)
- [Edward Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-herrmann) as Max Eastman
- [Jerry Hardin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-hardin)
- [Ramon Bieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramon-bieri)

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