A Dispatch from Reuters

October. 19,1940      NR
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

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

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