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Academy Award Writing (Original Story) 1941 · Nominated
Comrade X is a 1940 American comedy spy film directed by King Vidor and starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr. The supporting cast features Oskar Homolka, Felix Bressart, Sig Rumann and Eve Arden. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.
Comrade X: Directed by King Vidor. With Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka, Felix Bressart. An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
- (1.8K)
- Comedy, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1940-12-13
Comrade X (1940) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Theodore American reporter Thompson (Clark Gable) meets Moscow streetcar driver "Theodore" (Hedy Lamarr) in an early scene from Comrade X, 1940, from an Academy Award winning original story by Walter Reisch.
- King Vidor, Tom Andre
- Clark Gable
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SYNOPSIS. McKinley B. Thompson, a newspaper reporter for the Texas Bugle , masquerades as an irresponsible roue in order to hide his identity as Comrade X, the mysterious reporter who is sending embarrassing stories about Russia to a big newspaper syndicate. Thompson learns that Vanya, the valet in his Moscow hotel, has discovered his secret ...
Overview. An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country. King Vidor. Director. Charles Lederer. Screenplay. Ben Hecht.
Comrade X is a 1940 American comedy spy film directed by King Vidor and starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr. The supporting cast features Oskar Homolka, Felix Bressart, Sig Rumann and Eve Arden. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.
Gable is actually the mysterious Comrade X, who has been smuggling provocative stories about the crumbling Soviet government out of the country. Threatened with exposure by a hotel porter (Felix Bressart), Gable agrees to help sneak the porter's beautiful daughter (Hedy Lamarr) out of Russia. The girl is a devout "old line" Communist, and thus ...
