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A Dispatch from Reuters is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 19 october 1940 with Edward G. Robinson
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
A Dispatch from Reuter's
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Add to a movie listA Dispatch from Reuter's is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name.
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Paul Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) starts a messenger service using homing pigeons to fill a gap in the telegraph network spanning Europe, but has difficulty convincing anyone to subscribe. When poison is sent to a hospital by mistake, Reuter's message saves the day (and many lives). However, he is persuaded by Ida Magnus (Edna Best), the pretty daughter of Dr. Magnus (Otto Kruger), to keep it quiet, as a scandal would undo all the good work the doctors are doing.Actors
Edward G. Robinson
(Paul Julius Reuter)
Edna Best
(Ida Magnus Reuter)
Eddie Albert
(Max Wagner)
Albert Bassermann
(Franz Geller)
Gene Lockhart
(Otto Bauer)
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