Comrade X is a 1940 spy movie, starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor. Clark Gable with 8th AF in Britain, 1943 Clark Gable (February 1, 1901–November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an actress and communications technology innovator. ... King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director. ...
With a nod to Ninotchka (1939), ComradeX (1940) casts Hedy Lamarr as a Moscow streetcar driver who is a devout Communist, and Clark Gable as an American reporter who "liberates" her.
ComradeX was the second co-starring stint in a row for MGM stars Gable and Lamarr, who had just finished filming Boom Town (1940), with Spencer Tracy and Claudette Colbert.
But by the time Gable and Lamarr made ComradeX, Lombard knew she had nothing to worry about: "Lamarr was not fiery enough for Gable, on screen or off, and her feeling that he was a nice man with no sex appeal showed on screen and off.
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