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A Dispatch from Reuters

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A Dispatch from Reuters

NO ONE KNOWS HIM...HIS SHADOW COVERS THE WORLD! Who is this mystery man...who changed the fate of nations?

6.3TMDB19401h 30m

TMDB6.3/10 · 17 votes

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TMDB6.3/10 · 17 votes

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

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Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Paul Julius Reuter

Edna Best

Edna Best

Ida Magnus Reuter

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Max Wagner

Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann

Franz Geller

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Otto Bauer

Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

Dr. Magnus

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Sir Randolph Persham

Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Delane

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Carew

Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford

Napoleon III

David Bruce

David Bruce

Bruce

Dickie Moore

Dickie Moore

Reuter as a Boy

Billy Dawson

Billy Dawson

Max Wagner as a Boy

Richard Nichols

Richard Nichols

Herbert - Age 5

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Chairman

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William Dieterle

William Dieterle

Director

Milton Krims

Milton Krims

Screenplay

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Story

Valentine Williams

Valentine Williams

Story

James Wong Howe

James Wong Howe

Director of Photography

Max Steiner

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

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Director: William Dieterle
Released: 1940
Runtime: 1h 30m
Genres: Drama, History
Scores: TMDB6.3/10 · 17 votes