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A Dispatch from Reuters poster

A Dispatch from Reuters(1940)

NROctober 19, 19401h 30m

63%User score 63 percent

User Score

17 votes

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

Overview

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

Director: William Dieterle
Writers: Valentine Williams, Milton Krims, Wolfgang Wilhelm

Top Billed Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Paul Julius Reuter
Edna Best
Ida Magnus Reuter
Eddie Albert
Max Wagner
Albert Bassermann
Franz Geller

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A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) | Watch Free Online Movies

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)

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Status: Released
Original title: A Dispatch from Reuters
Original language: English
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords

biography
carrier pigeon