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A Dispatch from Reuters · Next Movie

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

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

6.3(17 votes)19401h 30m

Overview

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

Release schedule

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Oct 19, 1940

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Unknown

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Paul Julius Reuter

Edna Best

Edna Best

Ida Magnus Reuter

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Max Wagner

Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann

Franz Geller

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Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Otto Bauer

Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

Dr. Magnus

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Sir Randolph Persham

Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Delane

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Carew

Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford

Napoleon III

David Bruce

David Bruce

Bruce

Dickie Moore

Dickie Moore

Reuter as a Boy

Billy Dawson

Max Wagner as a Boy

Richard Nichols

Herbert - Age 5

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Chairman

Louis Adlon

Louis Adlon

Clerk (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson

Girl with Max (uncredited)

Michael Audley

Reporter (uncredited)

Tommy Baker

Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Max Barwyn

Translator (uncredited)

Frank Benson

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Nina Borget

Woman (uncredited)

Hazel Boyne

Companion (uncredited)

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