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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.
- King Vidor, Tom Andre
- Clark Gable
“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.
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...
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- King Vidor
- Romance, Comedy
- Clark Gable
This Year's Laugh Riot! 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. Screenplay. Herman J. Mankiewicz. Writer.
May 24, 2014 · Comrade X is a 1940 lighthearted spy movie, starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor. Recommended by Paul. Newspaper reporter McKinley B. Thompson, wants to hide his identity as Comrade X, the reporter who is writing stories about Russia for the big newspapers.
