A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

6.2/10 90 min Drama History

Overview

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

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)

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