A Dispatch from Reuters

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A Dispatch from Reuters

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

DramaHistory

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

Oct 19, 194090 minReleasedEN

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Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Paul Julius Reuter

Edna Best

Edna Best

Ida Magnus Reuter

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Max Wagner

Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann

Franz Geller

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Otto Bauer

Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

Dr. Magnus

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Sir Randolph Persham

Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Delane

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Carew

Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford

Napoleon III

David Bruce

David Bruce

Bruce

Dickie Moore

Dickie Moore

Reuter as a Boy

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Chairman

Louis Adlon

Louis Adlon

Clerk (uncredited)

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson

Girl with Max (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Max Barwyn

Translator (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

Von Konstat (uncredited)

Georgia Caine

Georgia Caine

Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

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