Comrade X

About Comrade X

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

Comrade X is a 1940 comedy romance film directed by King Vidor. At 90 minutes long, it arrived in December 1940.

Clark Gable appears as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson, Hedy Lamarr as Golubka, Oskar Homolka as Commissar Vasiliev, and Felix Bressart as Igor Yahupitz. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer.

Shelv files it under war correspondent, russian politics, tank battle, and war journalism.

Fury, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, and 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers make useful companions to Comrade X, all filed under tanks. It carries a NR rating.