A Dispatch from Reuters

Movie 1940 · 1h 30m

NO ONE KNOWS HIM...HIS SHADOW COVERS THE WORLD! Who is this mystery man...who changed the fate of nations?

Drama History

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German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Cast

20 people

Edward G. Robinson Paul Julius Reuter

Edna Best Ida Magnus Reuter

Eddie Albert Max Wagner

Albert Bassermann Franz Geller

Gene Lockhart Otto Bauer

Otto Kruger Dr. Magnus

Nigel Bruce Sir Randolph Persham

Montagu Love Delane

James Stephenson Carew

Walter Kingsford Napoleon III

David Bruce Bruce

Dickie Moore Reuter as a Boy

B Billy Dawson Max Wagner as a Boy

R Richard Nichols Herbert - Age 5

Lumsden Hare Chairman

Louis Adlon Clerk (uncredited)

N Norman Ainsley Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Mary Anderson Girl with Max (uncredited)