A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

90 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 19, 1940

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

A Dispatch from Reuters

90 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 19, 1940

A Dispatch from Reuters
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title A Dispatch from Reuters
Directors William Dieterle
Writers Valentine Williams, Milton Krims, Wolfgang Wilhelm

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

as Paul Julius Reuter

Edna Best

as Ida Magnus Reuter

Eddie Albert

as Max Wagner

Albert Bassermann

as Franz Geller

Gene Lockhart

as Otto Bauer

Otto Kruger

as Dr. Magnus

Nigel Bruce

as Sir Randolph Persham

Montagu Love

as Delane

James Stephenson

as Carew

Walter Kingsford

as Napoleon III

David Bruce

as Bruce

Dickie Moore

as Reuter as a Boy

Billy Dawson

as Max Wagner as a Boy

Richard Nichols

as Herbert - Age 5

Lumsden Hare

as Chairman

Louis Adlon

as Clerk (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Mary Anderson

as Girl with Max (uncredited)

Michael Audley

as Reporter (uncredited)

Tommy Baker

as Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

as Translator (uncredited)

Frank Benson

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Nina Borget

as Woman (uncredited)

Hazel Boyne

as Companion (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

as Von Konstat (uncredited)

Georgia Caine

as Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

George Cathrey

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

as Reporter (uncredited)

David Clyde

as Constable (uncredited)

Irene Coleman

as French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Mildred Coles

as Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

Alec Craig

as Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)

Ray De Ravenne

as Man (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani

as Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

as Reporter (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

as French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Demetris Emanuel

as Reporter (uncredited)

Gilbert Emery

as Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)

Douglas Gordon

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Lawrence Grant

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Alec Harford

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Gordon Hart

as Board Member (uncredited)

Ernst Hauessermann

as Heinrich (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Coach Attendant

Robert Homans

as Reporter (uncredited)

Kenneth Hunter

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Ellis Irving

as Parliament Speaker (uncredited)

Paul Irving

as J. Bender (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

as Board Member (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

as Telegrapher for Reuter (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

as Mr. Stein (uncredited)

Edward Keane

as Reporter (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

as Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)

Charles Knight

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Board Member (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

as Board Member (uncredited)

Edward McWade

as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)

Frederic Mellinger

as Man (uncredited)

Thomas R. Mills

as Board Member (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Fred Murray

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Leda Nicova

as French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

as Reporter (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Laborer (uncredited)

George Ovey

as Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)

Lionel Pape

as Stock Exchange Chairman (uncredited)

Georges Renavent

as French Official (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

as Otto - Directing Carew to Bank (uncredited)

Frank Shannon

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

George Sorel

as Reporter (uncredited)

Hugh Sothern

as American Ambassador (uncredited)

Grace Stafford

as Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)

Walter O. Stahl

as Von Darnstadt (uncredited)

Ernie Stanton

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs

as Board Member (uncredited)

Hal Taylour

as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

as Clerk (uncredited)

David Thursby

as Telegrapher at Reuters (uncredited)

Jacques Vanaire

as French Telegrapher (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

as Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

as Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)

Paul Weigel

as Professor Gauss (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

as Herbert's Nanny (uncredited)

Wolfgang Zilzer

as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)