Comrade X

Comrade X
Comrade X

Original movie poster
Directed by King Vidor
Produced by Gottfried Reinhardt
King Vidor
Written by Walter Reisch (story)
Ben Hecht
Charles Lederer
Herman J. Mankiewicz (uncredited)
Starring Clark Gable
Hedy Lamarr
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by Harold F. Kress
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) December 13, 1940
Running time 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Comrade X is a 1940 lighthearted spy movie, starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor.

Plot summary

In the Soviet Union, American reporter McKinley "Mac" Thompson (Gable) secretly writes unflattering stories, attributed to "Comrade X", for his newspaper. His identity is discovered by his valet, Vanya (Felix Bressart), who blackmails Mac into promising to get his daughter, a streetcar conductor named Theodore (Lamarr), out of the country. Theodore agrees to a sham marriage so she can spread the message of the benefits of Communism to the rest of the world. However, Commissar Vasiliev (Oscar Homolka) is determined to unmask and arrest Comrade X.

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