Actor Historical character Warren Beatty John Silas "Jack" Reed Diane Keaton Louise Bryant Edward Herrmann Max Eastman Jerzy Kosinski Grigory Zinoviev Jack Nicholson Eugene O'Neill Paul Sorvino Louis C. Fraina Maureen Stapleton Emma Goldman Nicolas Coster Paul Trullinger William Daniels Julius Gerber M. Emmet Walsh Speaker – Liberal Club Ian Wolfe Mr. Partlow Bessie Love Mrs. Partlow MacIntyre Dixon Carl Walters Pat Starr Helen Walters Eleanor D. Wilson Margaret Green Reed (mother) Max Wright Floyd Dell George Plimpton Horace Whigham Harry Ditson Maurice Becker Leigh Curran Ida Rauh Kathryn Grody Crystal Eastman Dolph Sweet Big Bill Haywood Gene Hackman Pete Van Wherry Nancy Duiguid Jane Heap Dave King Allan L. Benson Roger Sloman Vladimir Lenin Stuart Richman Leon Trotsky Oleg Kerensky Alexander Kerensky John J. Hooker Senator Overman Jan Triska Karl Radek