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I Cover the War!
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Wikipedia article
'I Cover the War' is a 1937 American drama action film directed by Arthur Lubin for Universal Pictures, starring John Wayne. It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal.
Plot
Two newsreel cameramen (John Wayne, Don Barclay) are sent to photograph a bandit sheik in the desert.
Cast
* John Wayne as Bob Adams
* Gwen Gaze as Pamela Armitage
* Don Barclay as Elmer Davis
* Charles Brokaw as El Kadar / Muffadi
* James Bush as Don Adams
* Pat Somerset as Captain Archie Culvert
* Richard Tucker Army Officer
* Sam Harris as Colonel Hugh Armitage (as Major Sam Harris)
* Olaf Hytten as Sir Herbert
* Arthur Aylesworth as Logan
* Franklin Parker as Parker (as Franklyn Paker)
Production
In February 1937 Trem Carr announced the film would start March 1.SCREEN NOTES: Of Local Origin Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. February 13, 1937: 9.British Army Co-operates in Making Picture Los Angeles Times February 14, 1937: C3.
Reception
The 'New York Times' called it an "ingeniously romantic fable".THE SCREEN:By FRANK S. NUGENT. New York Times August 2, 1937: 10.
See also
* John Wayne filmography
References
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