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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
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
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
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“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.
Mar 8, 2024 · “Comrade X” stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of Hedy Lamarr and Clark Gable. Lamarr, not only a talented actress but also a contributor to wireless communication technology, and Gable, a Hollywood leading man, created a memorable on-screen partnership.
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...
- Romance, Comedy
Jul 11, 2013 · Comrade X. Comrade X reteamed Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr who had just worked together in Boom Town (1940), alongside Spencer Tracy and Claudette Colbert. In 1940 Gable and Lamarr were quite possibly the best looking couple in movies, or maybe even on the entire planet.
