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Comrade X

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1940 film by King Vidor

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An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

Released: 1940-12-1390 minDir: King VidorComedy, Romance

Cast

  • Clark Gable as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
  • Hedy Lamarr as Golubka / Theodore Yahupitz / Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie'
  • Oskar Homolka as Commissar Vasiliev
  • Felix Bressart as Igor Yahupitz / Vanya
  • Eve Arden as Jane Wilson
  • Sig Ruman as Emil Von Hofer

Themes

  • war correspondent
  • russian politics
  • moscow, russia
  • tank battle
  • trying to escape
  • war journalism
  • american in russia
  • soviet tank
  • tanks

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

2,001 votes

Year
1940
Runtime
104 min
Genres
Comedy, Romance

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
World War II
Director
King Vidor
Screenwriter
Charles Lederer
Cast member
Mikhail Rasumny
Producer
King Vidor
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinematographer
Karl Freund
Narrative location
Moscow
Duration
84
FilmAffinity ID
797866
Image
Comrade X lobby card.JPG
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Commons category
Comrade X (film)
publication date
1940-01-01
title
Comrade X
production designer
Cedric Gibbons
costume designer
Adrian
film editor
Harold F. Kress
assessment
Bechdel test
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