Clark Gable
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
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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.
- (1.7K)
- 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
Journalist McKinley "Mac" Thompson (Clark Gable) is on assignment in pre-World War II Moscow and secretly files uncensored stories critical of the Stalinist government with an American newspaper.
- (23)
- King Vidor
- Romance, Comedy
- Clark Gable
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 ...
Director. Charles Lederer. Screenplay. Ben Hecht. Screenplay. Herman J. Mankiewicz. Writer. An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
