A Dispatch from Reuters
12 reviews
Drama/History
1h 30m
1940
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
- DirectorWilliam Dieterle
- Release19 October 1940
- Genre
- Duration1h 30m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate12 reviews
- Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
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

Lumsden Hare
Chairman

Louis Adlon
Clerk (uncredited)

Mary Anderson
Girl with Max (uncredited)

Max Barwyn
Translator (uncredited)

Egon Brecher
Von Konstat (uncredited)

Georgia Caine
Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Leonard Carey
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

Cliff Clark
Reporter (uncredited)

David Clyde
Constable (uncredited)

Irene Coleman
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Mildred Coles
Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

Alec Craig
Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani
Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Eddie Dew
Reporter (uncredited)

Florence Dudley
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Gilbert Emery
Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)

Douglas Gordon
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Lawrence Grant
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood
News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Coach Attendant

Robert Homans
Reporter (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin
Board Member (uncredited)

Edward Keane
Reporter (uncredited)

Crauford Kent
Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas
Board Member (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell
Board Member (uncredited)

Edward McWade
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara
Reporter (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Laborer (uncredited)

George Ovey
Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)

Georges Renavent
French Official (uncredited)

Frank Shannon
Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

Hugh Sothern
American Ambassador (uncredited)

Grace Stafford
Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)

Ernie Stanton
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs
Board Member (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz
Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Robert Warwick
Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)

Paul Weigel
Professor Gauss (uncredited)

Wolfgang Zilzer
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
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