Comrade X

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Comrade X
Directed by	King Vidor
Produced by	Gottfried Reinhardt King Vidor
Written by	Ben Hecht Charles Lederer
Starring	Clark Gable Hedy Lamarr Alexander Asro
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by	Harold F. Kress
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	December 13, 1940 November 16, 1941 July 18, 1950 August 17, 1962
Running time	90 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Comrade X is a 1940 spy movie, starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor. Co-stars include Alexander Asro.

It is a fabulous send up of the insanity of the Soviet Union. There are jokes of things getting stolen contantly, the Soviet factional infighting, paranoia and incompetence. Heddy's character Golubka (who changed her name to Theodore because only men can drive street cars) has to leave Soviet Russia because she is a communist and loves her country (which will get her killed as soon as the party bosses discover it).