"Interviewee: We all have problems, don't you know? But to take on the problem of all humanity, to save all humanity, my God, that was too big even for Jesus Christ."

"A mujahid in Baku: They are supporting you [John Reed] for your call for a holy war of Islamic people against the western infidels."

"Witness: [voice-over] Of course, nobody goes with the idea of dying, everybody wants to live. I don't remember his exact words, but the meaning was that grand things are ahead, worth living and worth dying for. He himself said that."

"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 Daniel - Julius Gerber"

"M. Emmet Walsh - Speaker – Liberal Club"

"Ian Wolfe - Mr. Partlow"

"Bessie Love - Mrs. Partlow"

"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"