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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.
- $920,000
- Gottfried Reinhardt, King Vidor
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
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 identity ...
- King Vidor, Tom Andre
- Clark Gable
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Igor Yahupitz. Eve Arden. Jane Wilson. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Journalist McKinley "Mac" Thompson (Clark Gable) is on assignment in pre-World War II Moscow and secretly...
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- King Vidor
- Romance, Comedy
- 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. He secretly writes critical articles about the Soviet regime under the pen name Comrade X.
In this era of American ambivalence towards Russia, an American reporter is smuggling news out of Russia under the nom de plume 'Comrade X.' A hotel employee discovers his identity and blackmails him into taking the employee's beautiful pro-communist daughter out of the country.
Mar 8, 2024 · Set against the backdrop of Soviet Russia during Joseph Stalin’s regime, the film unfolds the story of McKinley B. Thompson (Gable), an American journalist who, under the pseudonym Comrade X, crafts critical articles about the Soviet government.
