I Cover the War! (1937)
DRAMA FOR HIS NEWSREEL CAMERA!
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.
Director: Arthur Lubin
Genre: War
Runtime: 68 min
Release Date: July 4, 1937
Cast
- John Wayne - Bob Adams
- Gwen Gaze - Pamela Armitage
- Don Barclay - Elmer Davis
- Charles Brokaw - El Kadar / Muffadhi
- James Bush - Don Adams
- Pat Somerset - Captain Archie Culvert
- Arthur Aylesworth - Dave Logan
- Sam Harris - Colonel Hugh Armitage
- Olaf Hytten - Sir Herbert
- Frank Lackteen - Mustapha
Screenplay
- George Waggner (Screenplay)
- Bernard McConville (Story)
Production: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Original Language: en
Keywords
spy, sheik, uprising, newsreel cameraman, tribesman
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is I Cover the War! about?
- 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.
- Who directed I Cover the War!?
- I Cover the War! was directed by Arthur Lubin.
- Who stars in I Cover the War!?
- I Cover the War! stars John Wayne, Gwen Gaze, Don Barclay, Charles Brokaw, James Bush, Pat Somerset.
- How long is I Cover the War!?
- I Cover the War! has a runtime of 1h 8m (68 minutes).
- What genre is I Cover the War!?
- I Cover the War! is a War film.
- Where was I Cover the War! produced?
- I Cover the War! was produced in United States of America.