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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 John WayneBob Adams | Bob Adams |
 Gwen GazePamela Armitage | Pamela Armitage |
 Don BarclayElmer Davis | Elmer Davis |
 Charles BrokawEl Kadar / Muffadhi | El Kadar / Muffadhi |
 James BushDon Adams | Don Adams |
 Pat SomersetCaptain Archie Culvert | Captain Archie Culvert |
 Arthur AylesworthDave Logan | Dave Logan |
| SSam HarrisColonel Hugh Armitage | Colonel Hugh Armitage |
 Olaf HyttenSir Herbert | Sir Herbert |
 Frank LackteenMustapha | Mustapha |
| FFranklin ParkerParker | Parker |
| KKeith HitchcockSergeant Major | Sergeant Major |
| AAbdullaAbdul | Abdul |
 Richard TuckerArmy Officer | Army Officer |
| JJohn MackGraham | Graham |
 Earle HodginsBlake | Blake |