

A Dispatch from Reuters
"NO ONE KNOWS HIM...HIS SHADOW COVERS THE WORLD! Who is this mystery man...who changed the fate of nations?"
Overview
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Key Crew

William Dieterle
Director
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)