A Dispatch from Reuters
NO ONE KNOWS HIM...HIS SHADOW COVERS THE WORLD! Who is this mystery man...who changed the fate of nations?
Drama History
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Director William Dieterle
Cast
Dickie Moore
Reuter as a Boy
Robert Homans
Reporter (uncredited)
Irene Coleman
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Nigel Bruce
Sir Randolph Persham
Louis Adlon
Clerk (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Von Konstat (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Board Member (uncredited)
Edward McWade
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
American Ambassador (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Reporter (uncredited)
Gilbert Emery
Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Board Member (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara
Reporter (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Laborer (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
French Official (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Julius Reuter
David Clyde
Constable (uncredited)
Edna Best
Ida Magnus Reuter
Mary Anderson
Girl with Max (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Board Member (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
David Bruce
Bruce
Douglas Gordon
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Walter Kingsford
Napoleon III
Cyril Delevanti
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Albert Bassermann
Franz Geller
Otto Kruger
Dr. Magnus
James Stephenson
Carew
Eddie Dew
Reporter (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)
Montagu Love
Delane
Leonard Carey
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Coach Attendant
George Ovey
Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Chairman
Theodore von Eltz
Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
Professor Gauss (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
Max Wagner
Gene Lockhart
Otto Bauer
Harry Cording
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Translator (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Board Member (uncredited)