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A Dispatch from Reuters
“NO ONE KNOWS HIM...HIS SHADOW COVERS THE WORLD! Who is this mystery man...who changed the fate of nations?”
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Directed by William Dieterle
63
User score
17 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 19, 1940
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
English
Top cast
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
Billy Dawson
Max Wagner as a Boy
Richard Nichols
Herbert - Age 5
Lumsden Hare
Chairman
Louis Adlon
Clerk (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
Girl with Max (uncredited)
Michael Audley
Reporter (uncredited)
Tommy Baker
Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)
