A Dispatch from Reuters
19/10/1940
2h



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
Billy Dawson
Max Wagner as a Boy
Richard Nichols
Herbert - Age 5


Lumsden Hare
Chairman


Louis Adlon
Clerk (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)


Mary Anderson
Girl with Max (uncredited)
Michael Audley
Reporter (uncredited)
Tommy Baker
Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)


Max Barwyn
Translator (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Nina Borget
Woman (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
Companion (uncredited)


Egon Brecher
Von Konstat (uncredited)


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


Leonard Carey
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
George Cathrey
Cockney News Vendor (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)
Ray De Ravenne
Man (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)
Demetris Emanuel
Reporter (uncredited)


Gilbert Emery
Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)


Douglas Gordon
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)


Lawrence Grant
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Alec Harford
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
Board Member (uncredited)
Ernst Hauessermann
Heinrich (uncredited)


Holmes Herbert
Member of Parliament (uncredited)


Herbert Heywood
News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)


Stuart Holmes
Coach Attendant


Robert Homans
Reporter (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Ellis Irving
Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Paul Irving
J. Bender (uncredited)


Boyd Irwin
Board Member (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Telegrapher for Reuter (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
Mr. Stein (uncredited)


Edward Keane
Reporter (uncredited)


Crauford Kent
Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Charles Knight
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)


Wilfred Lucas
Board Member (uncredited)


Alphonse Martell
Board Member (uncredited)


Edward McWade
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Frederic Mellinger
Man (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills
Board Member (uncredited)


Leonard Mudie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Fred Murray
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Leda Nicova
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)


Pat O'Hara
Reporter (uncredited)


Pat O'Malley
Laborer (uncredited)


George Ovey
Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Lionel Pape
Stock Exchange Chairman (uncredited)


Georges Renavent
French Official (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Otto - Directing Carew to Bank (uncredited)


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


Hugh Sothern
American Ambassador (uncredited)


Grace Stafford
Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Walter O. Stahl
Von Darnstadt (uncredited)


Ernie Stanton
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)


Harry Stubbs
Board Member (uncredited)
Hal Taylour
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
Clerk (uncredited)
David Thursby
Telegrapher at Reuters (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
French Telegrapher (uncredited)


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


Robert Warwick
Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)


Paul Weigel
Professor Gauss (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
Herbert's Nanny (uncredited)


Wolfgang Zilzer
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
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