I Cover the War! (1937)
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- 1h 8min
- Action, Drama
- 04 Jul 1937 (USA)
- Movie
Newsreel cameraman Bob Adams heads to North Africa to cover an Arab uprising against the British. When he refuses to help his younger brother become a cameraman, Don becomes the dupe of less savory types posing in the trade.
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Cast verified as complete
| John Wayne | ... |
Bob Adams
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| Gwen Gaze | ... |
Pamela Armitage
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| Don Barclay | ... |
Elmer Davis
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| Charles Brokaw | ... |
El Kadar / Muffadhi
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| James Bush | ... |
Don Adams
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| Pat Somerset | ... |
Captain Archie Culvert
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| Richard Tucker | ... |
Army Officer
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| Sam Harris | ... |
Colonel Hugh Armitage
(as Major Sam Harris)
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| Olaf Hytten | ... |
Sir Herbert
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| Arthur Aylesworth | ... |
Logan
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| Frank Lackteen | ... |
Mustapha
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Franklin Parker | ... |
Parker
(as Franklyn Parker)
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Keith Hitchcock | ... |
Sergeant Major
(as Keith Kennedy)
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Abdulla | ... |
Abdul
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John Mack | ... |
Graham
(as Jack Mack)
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| Earle Hodgins | ... |
Blake
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Directed by
| Arthur Lubin | ||
Written by
| George Waggner | ... | (screenplay) |
| Bernard McConville | ... | (original story idea) |
Produced by
| Trem Carr | ... | producer |
| Paul Malvern | ... | associate producer |
Cinematography by
| Stanley Cortez | ||
| Harry Neumann | ... | (as Harry Newman) |
Film Editing by
| Charles Craft | ||
| Erma Horsley | ||
Art Direction by
| E.R. Hickson | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Glenn Cook | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jesse Bastian | ... | sound (as Jesse T. Bastian) |
| Joe Lapis | ... | sound (as Joseph Lapis) |
Stunts
| Eddie Parker | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Charles Previn | ... | musical director |
| Arthur Morton | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Sam Perry | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| David Raksin | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Heinz Roemheld | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Clifford Vaughan | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Edward Ward | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Franz Waxman | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Sheik Khalil Al-Rawaf | ... | technical adviser (as Sheik Kalil Al Rowrf) |
| Sam Harris | ... | technical adviser (as Major Sam Harris) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1937) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal Pictures Corporation)
- Empire Universal Films (1937) (Canada) (theatrical)
- General Film Distributors (GFD) (1937) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Proprietary (1937) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Universal Film A/S (1937) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Selection Film Akfieselskap (1937) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1937) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1937) (France) (theatrical)
- Salm Levy Jr. & Company (1937) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Hispano-American Films (1937) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Mexico (1937) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- La Universal (Cis Distribuidora de Peliculas) (1937) (Cuba) (theatrical)
- Luis Martinez Producciones Cinematograficas (1937) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
- Jaime Puig Arosemena (1937) (Colombia) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Chile (1937) (Chile) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures do Brazil (1937) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Peru (1937) (Peru) (theatrical)
- Universal Films Argentina (1937) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Realart Pictures (1948) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Screen Gems (1959) (United States) (tv)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | DRAMA FOR HIS NEWSREEL CAMERA! (original ad - all caps) See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $70,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Goofs | Early in the film, Bob Adams's boss tells him he is going on assignment to Samarra, "near the Iraq border." But when points to the local on a globe, he points somewhere north of the Arctic Circle, thousands of miles from Iraq. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Raiders of the Desert (1941). See more » |