Chasing Danger

Chasing Danger

1939 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Adventure

When American newsreel cameraman stationed in Paris is sent to cover an Arab rebellion he finds a financier presumed dead but actually fomenting desert warfare.

Directed by Ricardo Cortez · Written by Helen Logan

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