This is the first formal reception.

Description: Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.

Cast:
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies: Walter Huston
Mrs. Marjorie Davies: Ann Harding
Maxim Litvinov, Foreign Minister: Oskar Homolka
Freddie: George Tobias
Premier Molotov: Gene Lockhart
Emlen Davies: Eleanor Parker
Paul: Richard Travis
Maj. Kamenev: Helmut Dantine
Vyshinsky, chief trial prosecutor: Victor Francen
Minister von Ribbentrop: Henry Daniell
Mrs. Litvinov: Barbara Everest
Winston Churchill: Winston Churchill
Mr. Krestinsky: Roman Bohnen
Tanya Litvinov: Maria Palmer
Col. Faymonville: Moroni Olsen
Loy Henderson: Minor Watson
Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president: Vladimir Sokoloff
Dr. Botkin: Maurice Schwartz
Joseph E. Davies - in Prologue: Joseph E. Davies
Ship's Steward: Ernst Hauessermann
Grinko: John Abbott
Heckler: Frank Wayne
Second Trial Judge: Ed Agresti
O.G.P.U. Man: Mike Tellegen
Man at Bar in Montage: Fred Aldrich
Elderly Woman: Elizabeth Archer
Train Announcer: Louis V. Arco
American Senator: Joseph W. Girard
Electrician at Madison Square Garden: Herbert Ashley
Father: Al Kunde
Soldier: Robert Baikoff
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht - Banker: Felix Basch
Italian Reporter: Duncan Renaldo
Man at Inn: Bobbie Hale
Russian Woman: Esther Zeitlin
M. Delbeau - French Minister: Eugene Borden
Heinrich Sahm: Egon Brecher
Well-Wisher at Train: Isabel Withers
American Delegate: Morgan Brown
Senator: William B. Davidson
Congressman: Field Norton
Yugoslavian President: Maurice Cass
Soviet Official: Nikolai Celikhovsky
Shop Foreman: Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Japanese Diplomat: Victor Wong
Galina Ulanova - Ballerina: Cyd Charisse
Newspaperman in Courtroom: Jack Chefe
Pierre Laval: Alex Chivra
Japanese Ambassador Shigemitsu: Peter Chong
Maria - Beautician: Virginia Christine
Well-wisher with Bill: Wallis Clark
Vincent Massey: Donald Clayton
Dinner Guest: James Conaty
Blacksmith: Harry Cording
Italian: Gino Corrado
Spendler: Jerome Cowan
Workman: Noel Cravat
Reporter: Carl M. Leviness
Delegate Van deWater: Oliver Cross
Frenchman: Albert D'Arno
Russian Girl: Jacqueline Dalya
French Reporter: George Davis
French Maniac: Jean De Briac
Isolaltionist: Wally Dean
Litvinov's Secretary: Igor Dega
Molotov's Secretary: Jean Del Val
Emlen's Well-Wisher at Train Station: Warren Douglas
Son: Eugene Eberle
Radio Listener: Lafe McKee
Anthony Eden: Clive Morgan
Dutch Banker: Frank Jaquet
Courtroom Spectator: Herbert Evans
German Diplomat at Train Station: Adolph Faylauer
American Newsman: Wilbur Mack
von Schulenberg: Robert Fischer
Isolationist: Forbes Murray
Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador: Lee Tong Foo
Johnny - Emlen's Well-Wisher at Train Station: Ross Ford
Chinese Girl: Patrica Fung
Newsreel Photographer: Jack Gardner
Russian Foreman: Gene Gary
Commentator: Art Gilmore
Mr. Leon Trotsky: Sam Goldenberg
Fat German: Ernest Golm
Train Passenger Arriving Late: Lisa Golm
Commandant of the Court: Gregory Golubeff
Parachutist: Jean Wong
Russian Air Force Officer: Alexander Granach
White House Butler: Jesse Graves
O.G.P.U. Man in Taxi: Henry Guttman
Self: Hermann Göring
Charlie - American Newsman: John Hamilton
Lord Chilston: Lumsden Hare
Parade Spectator: Sam Harris
Grandfather: Frank Hemphill
Minister's Wife: Yvonne Hendricks
Adolph Hitler: Adolf Hitler
Mr. Radek: David Hoffman
Parliament Member: Olaf Hytten
Madame Molotov: Frieda Inescort
Machinist: Ted Jacques
German Businessman: Erwin Kalser
Old Russian: Joseph Kamaryt
Russian Train Engineer: Zoia Karabanova
Gen. Semen Timoshenko: Kurt Katch
Newspaperman: Kenner G. Kemp
Parade Soldier Spectator: Colin Kenny
British Delegate: Emmett King
Joseph Stalin: Joseph Stalin
Rosso - Italian Ambassador: Charles La Torre
Man in Kitchenin Montage: Charles Lane
Mr. Rosengoltz: Ivan Lebedeff
Bill - Well-wisher: George Lessey
Telephone Operator: Joan Winfield
Bookseller: Adolf E. Licho
German Reporter: Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Mrs. Churchill: Doris Lloyd
Lady Chilston: Kathleen Lockhart
Man with Microphone: Arthur Loft
Russian Servant: Rosa Margot
Timid Man: Michael Mark
Natasha: Janet Martin
Reporter at Train: John Maxwell
Russian Machinist Workman: Mike Mazurki
League of Nations Official: Frank McLure
Mr. Pyatakov: Alex Melesh
Young Woman: Marie Melesh
Dancer at Ball: Harold Miller
Vyacheslav Molotov: Vyacheslav Molotov
Russian Officer: Martin Noble
Ball Guest: Barry Norton
Courtroom Reporter: Alex Novinsky
Irish-American in Montage: Pat O'Malley
Mr. Yagoda (former OGPU Head): Daniel Ocko
Ulanova's Dancing Partner: Michael Panaieff
Court Attendant: Paul Panzer
Uncaring Businessman: Emory Parnell
Russian Military Policeman: Manuel París
Doctor: Francis Pierlot
Coulendre: René Plaissetty
Trial Judge Ulrich: Frank Puglia
Member of Parliament: Louis Quince
Ignacy Paderewski: Emil Rameau
General von Koestrich - German ambassador: Frank Reicher
President Paul van Zeeland: Georges Renavent
Mother: Glen Walters
Accused Member of O.G.P.U.: Constantine Romanoff
Foreman: Nico Romoff
Herr Schmidt: Lionel Royce
German Major: Richard Ryen
Flower Girl: Tanya Samova
Spadebeard: Sam Savitsky
Train Gate Guard: Hans Schumm
Mr. Nikolai Bukharin: Konstantin Shayne
Engineer: Robert Shayne
Russian Nurse: Olga Uljanovskaja
Daughter: Evelynne Smith
Kommodov: Leonid Snegoff
German Bund Member: George Sorel
German: Rudolf Steinboeck
Southerner in Montage: Glenn Strange
Englishman: Mark Strong
Ski Troop Lieutenant: Sándor Szabó
Guest at Davies' Speech: Ben Taggart
Mr. Tukhachevsky (Former General): Ivan Triesault
Secretary of State Cordell Hull: Charles Trowbridge
American Engineer in Russia: Tom Tully
German Diplomat in Berlin: Edward Van Sloan
Herr Schufeldt - Hamburg Official: Henry Victor
Barkov: Michael Visaroff
Raymond - Davies' Butler: Ray Walker
Naval Attache: Pierre Watkin
Polish Ambassador Grzybowski: John Wengraf
Petya: Mischa Westfall
Haile Selassie: Leigh Whipper
Mr. Sokolnikov: Marek Windheim
President Roosevelt: Jack Young
German Train Conductor: Alfred Zeisler

Written by: Joseph E. Davies, Howard Koch

Director: Michael Curtiz

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: 22 May 1943