A Dispatch from Reuters
A Dispatch from Reuters
Release: 1940-10-19
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 5.8
Drama
History
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
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
Lumsden Hare
as Chairman
Louis Adlon
as Clerk (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
as Girl with Max (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
as Translator (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
as Von Konstat (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
as Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
as Delane's Secretary (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)
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)
Gilbert Emery
as Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
as Member of Parliament (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)
Boyd Irwin
as Board Member (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Reporter (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
as Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Board Member (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
as Board Member (uncredited)
Edward McWade
as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara
as Reporter (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Laborer (uncredited)
George Ovey
as Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
as French Official (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
as Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
as American Ambassador (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
as Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
as Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
as Board Member (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
as Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
as Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
as Professor Gauss (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
