A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

October 19, 1940 (US) • Drama, History • 90m

Overview

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

Director

William Dieterle

Writers

Valentine Williams, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Milton Krims

Top Billed

Edward G. Robinson

Keywords

biography carrier pigeon

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Top Billed Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Paul Julius Reuter

Edna Best

Ida Magnus Reuter

Eddie Albert

Max Wagner

Albert Bassermann

Franz Geller

Gene Lockhart

Otto Bauer

Otto Kruger

Dr. Magnus

Nigel Bruce

Sir Randolph Persham

Montagu Love

Delane

James Stephenson

Carew

Walter Kingsford

Napoleon III

David Bruce

Bruce

Dickie Moore

Reuter as a Boy

Billy Dawson

Max Wagner as a Boy

Richard Nichols

Herbert - Age 5

Lumsden Hare

Chairman

Louis Adlon

Clerk (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Mary Anderson

Girl with Max (uncredited)

Michael Audley

Reporter (uncredited)

Tommy Baker

Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Translator (uncredited)

Frank Benson

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Nina Borget

Woman (uncredited)

Hazel Boyne

Companion (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

Von Konstat (uncredited)

Georgia Caine

Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

George Cathrey

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Reporter (uncredited)

David Clyde

Constable (uncredited)

Irene Coleman

French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Mildred Coles

Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)

Ray De Ravenne

Man (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani

Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Reporter (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Demetris Emanuel

Reporter (uncredited)

Gilbert Emery

Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)

Douglas Gordon

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Lawrence Grant

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Alec Harford

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Gordon Hart

Board Member (uncredited)

Ernst Hauessermann

Heinrich (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Coach Attendant

Robert Homans

Reporter (uncredited)

Kenneth Hunter

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Ellis Irving

Parliament Speaker (uncredited)

Paul Irving

J. Bender (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Board Member (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Telegrapher for Reuter (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

Mr. Stein (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Reporter (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)

Charles Knight

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Board Member (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Board Member (uncredited)

Edward McWade

Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)

Frederic Mellinger

Man (uncredited)

Thomas R. Mills

Board Member (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Fred Murray

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Leda Nicova

French Girl in Paris (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

Reporter (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Laborer (uncredited)

George Ovey

Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)

Lionel Pape

Stock Exchange Chairman (uncredited)

Georges Renavent

French Official (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Otto - Directing Carew to Bank (uncredited)

Frank Shannon

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

George Sorel

Reporter (uncredited)

Hugh Sothern

American Ambassador (uncredited)

Grace Stafford

Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)

Walter O. Stahl

Von Darnstadt (uncredited)

Ernie Stanton

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs

Board Member (uncredited)

Hal Taylour

Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

Clerk (uncredited)

David Thursby

Telegrapher at Reuters (uncredited)

Jacques Vanaire

French Telegrapher (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)

Paul Weigel

Professor Gauss (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

Herbert's Nanny (uncredited)

Wolfgang Zilzer

Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

Crew

William Dieterle

Director

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

James Wong Howe

Director of Photography

Valentine Williams

Story

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Story

Milton Krims

Screenplay

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A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

Valentine Williams, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Milton Krims

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