Comrade X (1940)


Comrade X
Release Date13 December 1940
GenreComedy, Drama
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners
Niche GenreComedy Drama
ThemesPolitical Unrest, Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance, Marriages of Convenience, Totalitarian States
TonesHumorous, Wry, Irreverent, Bright, Sentimental
TagsAmerican [nationality], Blackmail, Communist Party, Daughter, Disillusionment, Marriage Of Convenience, Reporter, Russia, Soviet

Comrade X is a 1940 lighthearted spy movie, starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor.


Cast and Crew


Cast

McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson

Golubka, aka Theodore Yahupitz and Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie'

Commissar Vasiliev

Igor Yahupitz aka Vanya, the Valet

Jane Wilson

Emil Von Hofer

Natasha Lytess
Olga Milanava

Michael Bastakoff

Edgar Barrier
Rubick, Commissar's Aide

Laszlo, World Press Attendee

Mikhail Rasumny
Arresting Russian Officer

Russian Waiter

Lici Balla
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Comrade Baronoff, Hotel Manager

John Bleifer
Russian Marriage License Clerk, Russian Tank Co-Pilot

Matthew Boulton
British World Press Attendee

Sam Harris
Press Correspondent

Ilia Khmara
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World Press Attendee with Glasses

Michael Mark
Goronoff, the Bellhop

Alex Melesh
Effeminate Streetcar Conductor

Manuel París
Press Correspondent

John Picorri
World Press Attendee Standing Next to Von Hofer

Russian Bridegroom

Larry Steers
Press Correspondent

Director

Writer

Walter Reisch

Producer

Gottfried Reinhardt
producer

producer

Original Music

Bronislau Kaper
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Cinematographer

Editor

Harold F. Kress
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Art Director

Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Gile Steele

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tom Andre
assistant director

Art Department

Malcolm Brown
associate art director

Sound Department

recording director

Special Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

camera operator: night exteriors

Other Crew

Carl 'Major' Roup
script clerk

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Loew's
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

MGM Television

Turner Program Services (TPS)

Warner Bros. Television

Loew's
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MGM/UA Home Entertainment






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