Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 30m

Comrade X

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Director
King Vidor
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
Crew
Joseph Ruttenberg — Director of Photography Harold F. Kress — Editor Bronislau Kaper — Original Music Composer Daniele Amfitheatrof — Original Music Composer Charles Lederer — Screenplay Ben Hecht — Screenplay
Tagline

This Year's Laugh Riot!

Synopsis

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

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Mood & Themes
war correspondentrussian politicsmoscow, russiatank battletrying to escapewar journalismamerican in russiasoviet tanktanks
Key Collaborators
King Vidor Director Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography Harold F. Kress Editor Bronislau Kaper Original Music Composer Daniele Amfitheatrof Original Music Composer Charles Lederer Screenplay Ben Hecht Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer Gottfried Reinhardt Producer King Vidor Producer Adrian Costume Design Gile Steele Costume Design
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