Comrade X

IMDb link: 0032349
IMDb rating: 6.6 (2,008 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oskar Homolka, Felix Bressart and others

Release date: 13 Dec 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 104 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: spy camera, prologue, press corps, newspaper reporter, pig in a cage, press censorship, journalist, driving a tank, reference to topeka kansas, gunfire

Plot:

McKinley B. "Mac" Thompson, American reporter in Moscow, smuggles out uncensored news under the alias "Comrade X," but hotel valet Vanya discovers his secret. Vanya fears for the safety of his daughter Golubka ("Theodore") and blackmails Mac into helping her leave the country. Mac is happier about his task once he meets lovely Theodore, but can he convince her of his sincerity? The anti-communist humor becomes alternately grim and farcical.

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