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
David Bruce
as Bruce
Dickie Moore
as Reuter as a Boy
