A Dispatch from Reuters
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History
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.
1940-10-19
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Cast
Director
William Dieterle
Edward G. Robinson as Paul Julius Reuter
Edna Best as Ida Magnus Reuter
Eddie Albert as Max Wagner
Albert Bassermann as Franz Geller
Gene Lockhart as Otto Bauer
Otto Kruger as Dr. Magnus
Nigel Bruce as Sir Randolph Persham
Montagu Love as Delane
James Stephenson as Carew
Walter Kingsford as Napoleon III
David Bruce as Bruce
Dickie Moore as Reuter as a Boy
Lumsden Hare as Chairman
Louis Adlon as Clerk (uncredited)
Mary Anderson as Girl with Max (uncredited)
Max Barwyn as Translator (uncredited)
Egon Brecher as Von Konstat (uncredited)
Georgia Caine as Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Leonard Carey as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Cliff Clark as Reporter (uncredited)
David Clyde as Constable (uncredited)
Irene Coleman as French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Mildred Coles as Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Harry Cording as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Alec Craig as Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani as Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Eddie Dew as Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Dudley as French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Gilbert Emery as Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood as News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Coach Attendant
Robert Homans as Reporter (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin as Board Member (uncredited)
Edward Keane as Reporter (uncredited)
Crauford Kent as Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as Board Member (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell as Board Member (uncredited)
Edward McWade as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara as Reporter (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley as Laborer (uncredited)
George Ovey as Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Georges Renavent as French Official (uncredited)
Frank Shannon as Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern as American Ambassador (uncredited)
Grace Stafford as Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs as Board Member (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz as Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Robert Warwick as Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Paul Weigel as Professor Gauss (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)