Comrade X

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Comrade X
Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr
Directed by	King Vidor
Produced by	Gottfried Reinhardt King Vidor
Written by	Ben Hecht Charles Lederer
Starring	Clark Gable Hedy Lamarr
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by	Harold F. Kress
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	December 13, 1940
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Comrade X is a 1940 lighthearted spy movie, starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor.

[edit] Plot summary

In Communist Russia, American reporter McKinley "Mac" Thompson (Clark 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 (Hedy Lamarr), out of the country. Theodore agrees to a paper 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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Comrade X at the Internet Movie Database
Comrade X at the TCM Movie Database

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