A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940)
NO ONE KNOWS HIM...HIS SHADOW COVERS THE WORLD! Who is this mystery man...who changed the fate of nations?
Genre : Drama, History
Runtime : 1H 30M
Director : William Dieterle
Writer : Milton Krims
Synopsis
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Paul Julius Reuter
Ida Magnus Reuter
Max Wagner
Franz Geller
Otto Bauer
Dr. Magnus
Sir Randolph Persham
Delane
Carew
Napoleon III
Bruce
Reuter as a Boy
Max Wagner as a Boy
Herbert - Age 5
Chairman
Clerk (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Girl with Max (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)
Translator (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Companion (uncredited)
Von Konstat (uncredited)
Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Constable (uncredited)
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Heinrich (uncredited)
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)
Coach Attendant
Reporter (uncredited)
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
J. Bender (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Telegrapher for Reuter (uncredited)
Mr. Stein (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Laborer (uncredited)
Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Stock Exchange Chairman (uncredited)
French Official (uncredited)
Otto - Directing Carew to Bank (uncredited)
Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
American Ambassador (uncredited)
Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Von Darnstadt (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Clerk (uncredited)
Telegrapher at Reuters (uncredited)
French Telegrapher (uncredited)
Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Professor Gauss (uncredited)
Herbert's Nanny (uncredited)
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
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