Clark Gable
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
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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.
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- Comedy, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1940-12-13
With a nod to Ninotchka (1939), Comrade X (1940) casts Hedy Lamarr as a Moscow streetcar driver who is a devout Communist, and Clark Gable as an American reporter who "liberates" her. Pressured into an agreement to help sneak Lamarr out of Russia, Gable pretends to be a Communist himself and assures her that once in America they can fight for ...
- King Vidor, Tom Andre
- Clark Gable
Hotel valet Vanya (Felix Bressart) discovers his true identity and blackmails him into spiriting his beloved daughter, a Communist streetcar driver who calls herself Theodore (Hedy Lamarr), out of...
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- King Vidor
- Romance, Comedy
- Clark Gable
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by Emily Madison. “Comrade X” is a Hollywood film directed by King Vidor and stars Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr. The story revolves around an American journalist, McKinley B. Thompson (played by Gable), who is working in Russia during the rule of Joseph Stalin.
Summaries. An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country. McKinley B. "Mac" Thompson, American reporter in Moscow, smuggles out uncensored news under the alias "Comrade X," but hotel valet Vanya discovers his secret.
