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Comrade X

King Vidor

1940 • 1h 30m

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

Comrade X

Comrade X (1940) - Trailer

Cast

Clark Gable

Clark GableMcKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy LamarrGolubka / Theodore Yahupitz / Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie'

Oskar Homolka

Oskar HomolkaCommissar Vasiliev

Felix Bressart

Felix BressartIgor Yahupitz / Vanya

Eve Arden

Eve ArdenJane Wilson

Sig Ruman

Sig RumanEmil Von Hofer

Natasha Lytess

Natasha LytessOlga Milanova

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir SokoloffMichael Bastakoff

Edgar Barrier

Edgar BarrierRubick

Georges Renavent

Georges RenaventLaszlo

Leon Belasco

Leon BelascoComrade Baronoff

Michael Mark

Michael MarkGoronoff

Alex MeleshEffeminate Streetcar Conductor

Sven Hugo Borg

Sven Hugo BorgStreetcar Passenger

John Bleifer

John BleiferRussian Marriage License Clerk / Russian Tank Co-Pilot

Crew

King Vidor

King VidorDirector

Ben Hecht

Ben HechtScreenplay

Charles Lederer

Charles LedererScreenplay

Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph RuttenbergDirector of Photography

Bronislau Kaper

Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer

Cedric Gibbons

Cedric GibbonsArt Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration

Adrian

AdrianCostume Design

A. Arnold Gillespie

A. Arnold GillespieSpecial Effects

Douglas Shearer

Douglas ShearerSound Director

Walter Reisch

Walter ReischOriginal Story

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. MankiewiczWriter

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