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.
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
Cast
Montagu Love
Delane
Alec Craig
Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Edna Best
Ida Magnus Reuter
Irene Coleman
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Board Member (uncredited)
Edward McWade
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
Professor Gauss (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
Girl with Max (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Reporter (uncredited)
David Clyde
Constable (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
Max Wagner
David Bruce
Bruce
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Julius Reuter
Gene Lockhart
Otto Bauer
Walter Kingsford
Napoleon III
Harry Cording
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara
Reporter (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Nigel Bruce
Sir Randolph Persham
Leonard Carey
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Reporter (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Translator (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Von Konstat (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
American Ambassador (uncredited)
Albert Bassermann
Franz Geller
Georgia Caine
Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
French Official (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Otto Kruger
Dr. Magnus
James Stephenson
Carew
Dickie Moore
Reuter as a Boy
Boyd Irwin
Board Member (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Laborer (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Board Member (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Chairman
Gilbert Emery
Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Reporter (uncredited)
George Ovey
Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Board Member (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Louis Adlon
Clerk (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Reporter (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Coach Attendant
Leonard Mudie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)