A Dispatch from Reuter’s (1940) - film review

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A Dispatch from Reuter’s is an American film first released in 1940, directed by William Dieterle. The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann and Gene Lockhart. It has also been released under the title: This Man Reuter. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: William Dieterle
Script: Valentine Williams, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Milton Krims
Photo: James Wong Howe
Music: Max Steiner
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 (Mr. John Delane), James Stephenson (Carew), Walter Kingsford (Louis Napoleon III), David Bruce (Mr. Bruce), Dickie Moore (Julius Reuter as a Boy), Billy Dawson (Max Wagner as a Boy), Richard Nichols (Herbert Reuter, Aged 5), Lumsden Hare (Chairman), Louis Adlon (Clerk), Norman Ainsley (Cockney Newspaper Vendor), Mary Anderson (Girl with Max), Michael Audley (Reporter), Tommy Baker (Sick Boy in Aachen), Max Barwyn (Translator), Frank Benson (Cockney News Vendor), Nina Borget (Woman), Hazel Boyne (Companion), Egon Brecher (Von Konstat), Georgia Caine (Mother in ’Our American Cousin’), Leonard Carey (Delane’s Secretary), George Cathrey (Cockney News Vendor), Cliff Clark (Reporter), David Clyde (Constable), Irene Coleman (French Girl in Paris), Mildred Coles (Augusta in ’Our American Cousin’), Harry Cording (Sailor on the Nova Scotian), Alec Craig (Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser), Cyril Delevanti (Cockney Newspaper Vendor), Ray De Ravenne (Man), Joe De Stefani (Hans, Gauss’ Assistant), Eddie Dew (Reporter), Florence Dudley (French Girl in Paris), Demetris Emanuel (Reporter), Gilbert Emery (Lord Palmerston in Parliament), Douglas Gordon (Cockney News Vendor), Lawrence Grant (Member of Parliament), Bobby Hale (Cockney Newspaper Vendor), Alec Harford (Cockney News Vendor), Gordon Hart (Board Member), Ernst Hausman (Heinrich), Holmes Herbert (Member of Parliament), Herbert Heywood (News Vendor in Paris), Stuart Holmes (Coach Attendant), Robert Homans (Reporter), Kenneth Hunter (Member of Parliament), Ellis Irving (Parliament Speaker), Paul Irving (J. Bender), Boyd Irwin (Board Member), Charles Irwin (Telegrapher for Reuter), Frank Jaquet (Mr. Stein), Edward Keane (Reporter), Crauford Kent (Editor Wanting Contract Voided), Charles Knight (Cockney News Vendor), Wilfred Lucas (Board Member), Alphonse Martell (Board Member), Edward McWade (Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine), Frederic Mellinger (Man), Thomas R. Mills (Board Member), Leonard Mudie (Member of Parliament), Fred Murray (Cockney News Vendor), Leda Nicova (French Girl in Paris), Pat O’Hara (Reporter), Pat O’Malley (Laborer), George Ovey (Postman Delivering Pigeons), Lionel Pape (Stock Exchange Chairman), Georges Renavent (French Official), Henry Roquemore (Otto, Directing Carew to Bank), Frank Shannon (Mr. O’Malley, Captain of the Nova Scotian), George Sorel (Reporter), Hugh Sothern (American Ambassador), Grace Stafford (Woman Dancing with Geller), Walter O. Stahl (Von Darnstadt), Ernie Stanton (Cockney News Vendor), Harry Stubbs (Board Member), Hal Taylour (Cockney News Vendor), Cyril Thornton (Clerk), David Thursby (Telegrapher at Reuters), Jacques Vanaire (French Telegrapher), Theodore von Eltz (Actor in ’Our American Cousin’), Robert Warwick (Opposition Parliament Speaker), Paul Weigel (Professor Gauss), Lottie Williams (Herbert’s Nanny), Wolfgang Zilzer (Clerk at Post Office)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 90 min; B&W
Aka: This Man Reuter

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