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I Cover the War! (1937)

1937-07-04 · 1h 8m · EN
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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.

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Arthur LubinDirector

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John WayneJohn WayneBob AdamsGwen GazeGwen GazePamela ArmitageDon BarclayDon BarclayElmer DavisCharles BrokawCharles BrokawEl Kadar / MuffadhiJames BushJames BushDon AdamsPat SomersetPat SomersetCaptain Archie CulvertArthur AylesworthArthur AylesworthDave LoganSam HarrisSam HarrisColonel Hugh ArmitageOlaf HyttenOlaf HyttenSir HerbertFrank LackteenFrank LackteenMustaphaFranklin ParkerFranklin ParkerParkerKeith HitchcockKeith HitchcockSergeant Major

Keywords

SpyUprisingSheikTribesmanNewsreel cameraman

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Genre affinityDrama · WarTheme affinitySpy · Uprising · SheikDialogue densityDramaPacingShortEmotional intensityWarDirector preference302866

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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.

How long is I Cover the War!?

I Cover the War! has a runtime of 68 minutes.