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1937 film by Arthur Lubin

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Bob Adams, ace newsreel cameraman, is told by his boss, "Get the picture---we can't screen alibis." He heads for Samari, a desert hot-bed of tribal unrest in Africa, to do just that, which includes getting footage of El Kadar, bandit and rebel leader. He gets his pictures but only after a romance with the Colonel's daughter Pamela, saving his wimpy, hacked-off brother Don from being a dupe of the gun-runners, and run-ins with spies and throat-cutting tribesman. For a finale, he saves the British Army.

Released: 1937-07-0468 minDir: Arthur LubinWar

Cast

  • John Wayne as Bob Adams
  • Gwen Gaze as Pamela Armitage
  • Don Barclay as Elmer Davis
  • Charles Brokaw as El Kadar / Muffadhi
  • James Bush as Don Adams
  • Pat Somerset as Captain Archie Culvert

Themes

  • spy
  • sheik
  • uprising
  • newsreel cameraman
  • tribesman

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Ratings

IMDb

5.8/10

226 votes

Year
1937
Runtime
68 min
Genres
Action, Drama, Romance

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Arthur Lubin
Screenwriter
George Waggner
Producer
Trem Carr
Production company
Universal Pictures
Cinematographer
Stanley Cortez
Duration
68
Image
I Cover the War 1937.JPG
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publication date
1937-01-01
title
I Cover the War
distributed by
Universal Pictures
set in environment
desert
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