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Comrade X

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 1h 44m
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6.6/10
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Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr in Comrade X (1940)
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
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An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

  • Director
    • King Vidor
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht
    • Charles Lederer
    • Walter Reisch
  • Stars
    • Clark Gable
    • Hedy Lamarr
    • Oscar Homolka
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • King Vidor
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Charles Lederer
      • Walter Reisch
    • Stars
      • Clark Gable
      • Hedy Lamarr
      • Oscar Homolka
    • 41User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Top Cast32

    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    • McKinley B. Thompson
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr
    • Theodore
    Oscar Homolka
    Oscar Homolka
    • Vasiliev
    Felix Bressart
    Felix Bressart
    • Vanya
    Eve Arden
    Eve Arden
    • Jane Wilson
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Emil Von Hofer
    • (as Sig Rumann)
    Natasha Lytess
    • Olga
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    • Michael Bastakoff
    Edgar Barrier
    Edgar Barrier
    • Rubick
    Georges Renavent
    Georges Renavent
    • Laszlo
    • (as George Renevant)
    Mikhail Rasumny
    Mikhail Rasumny
    • Russian Officer
    Ed Agresti
    • Press Correspondent
    • (uncredited)
    Alexander Asro
    • Russian Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    William Bailey
    William Bailey
    • Press Correspondent
    • (uncredited)
    Al Bain
    Al Bain
    • Marriage Bureau Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Lici Balla
    • Russian Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Comrade Baronoff - Hotel Manager
    • (uncredited)
    John Bleifer
    John Bleifer
    • Russian Marriage License Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • King Vidor
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Charles Lederer
      • Walter Reisch
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      At the time this film was released in 1940, World War II had already begun in Europe, but the Soviet Union still had a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. In the film, Mac is able to fool a character by pretending to hear news that Germany has broken the pact and launched an invasion of the USSR. That's exactly what happened the very next year when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa in summer 1941.
    • Goofs
      The script makes reference to the Soviet law that a person could divorce his or her spouse simply by sending them a postcard announcing that the marriage was over. But in 1936, four years before this film was made, Stalin had repealed that law when he rewrote the Russian constitution and made divorces considerably harder to get.
    • Quotes
      • Vanya: The communists have ideas. But they found out you can't run a government with everybody going around having ideas. So what is happening, the communists are being executed so that Communism should succeed.
    • Crazy credits
      "RUSSIA. The never never land of steppes, samovars and spies -- beards, bears, bombs and borscht - where almost anything can happen - and usually does. "
    • Connections
      Featured in The Miracle of Sound (1940)
    • Soundtracks
      Funiculi, Funicula
      (1880) (uncredited)
      Lyrics by Peppino Turco
      Music by Luigi Denza
      Sung a cappella with modified lyrics by Clark Gable

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 13, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Madame X
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 44m(104 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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