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They Met in Bombay is a 1941 American adventure drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell and Peter Lorre. The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and takes place at the outbreak of fighting in the Second World War in Asia.
They Met in Bombay: Directed by Clarence Brown. With Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Jessie Ralph. A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Clarence Brown
- 1941-06-27
They Met in Bombay. Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) is a dashing international jewel thief with designs on a diamond held by the Duchess of Beltravers (Jessie Ralph). He meets his match in the...
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- Clarence Brown
- Adventure
- Clark Gable
The film ends happily for Gable and Russell, but it has a conclusion that was only possible in the make-believe of Hollywood in 1940 regarding the British Empire and the Sino-Japanese War of that day (Britain and Japan did not go to war until December 7, 1941, the same day that they went to war with the U.S. - the equivalent to Pearl Harbor was ...
The film doesn't say what kind of gem it is, but there is a real Star of Asia. It's a 330-carat star sapphire. It is in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The deep blue gem was mined in Burma (modern Myanmar) and is said to have belonged to the Maharajah of Jodhpur at one time.
They Met in Bombay is fine, but it never sets itself up to take any risks or exceed expectation. Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell are well-paired in a film that starts out as a semi-comedy and ends up a semi-war story.
Culture magazines. They Met in Bombay. views 3,666,868 updated. They Met in Bombay ★★½ 1941. Two jewel thieves team up in this romantic action-comedy, complete with exotic locations and two big boxoffice stars. A Japanese invasion makes Russell reconsider her life of crime and gives Gable a chance to play hero.
