Comrade X.

Duration: 9 reels

Genre: comedy spy

Year Published: 1940

Creator: King Vidor

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oskar Homolka

Description: 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, out of the country. Theodore agrees to a sham marriage so she can spread the message of Communism to the rest of the world.

Complete Record: COMRADE X. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 9 reels, sd., b&w. A King Vidor production. Credits: Producer, Gottfried Reinhardt; director, King Vidor; original story, Walter Reisch; screenplay, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Harold F. Kress. © Loew's Inc.; 10Dec40; LP10113.

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