I Cover the War!
1937, English. Directed by Arthur Lubin.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Arthur LubinDirector
- John WayneBob Adams
- Gwen GazePamela Armitage
- Don BarclayElmer Davis
- Charles BrokawEl Kadar / Muffadhi
- James BushDon Adams
- Pat SomersetCaptain Archie Culvert
- Arthur AylesworthDave Logan
- Sam HarrisColonel Hugh Armitage
- Olaf HyttenSir Herbert
- Frank LackteenMustapha
- Franklin ParkerParker
- Keith HitchcockSergeant Major
Details
- Released
- 4 July 1937
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- George Waggner, Bernard McConville
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I Cover the War! runs 68 minutes (1h 8m).
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I Cover the War! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 July 1937. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed I Cover the War!?
I Cover the War! (1937) was directed by Arthur Lubin and stars John Wayne, Gwen Gaze, Don Barclay.