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Comrade X is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 13 december 1940 with Clark Gable
Comrade X (1940)
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Add to a movie listComrade X is a 1940 American comedy spy film directed by King Vidor and starring Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr and Oskar Homolka.
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In the Soviet Union, 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 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.Actors
Clark Gable
(McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson)
Hedy Lamarr
(Golubka / Theodore Yahupitz / Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie')
Alexander Asro
Oskar Homolka
(Commissar Vasiliev)
Eve Arden
(Jane Wilson)
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