Comrade X

Comrade X
1940 US Theatrical Poster
Directed byKing Vidor
Written byWalter Reisch (story)
Ben Hecht
Charles Lederer
Herman J. Mankiewicz (uncredited)
Produced byGottfried Reinhardt
King Vidor
StarringClark Gable
Hedy Lamarr
Oskar Homolka
Felix Bressart
Eve Arden
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byHarold F. Kress
Music byBronislau Kaper
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • December 13, 1940 (1940-12-13) (U.S.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$920,000[1]
Box office$2 million[1]
Lobby card with Gable and Lamarr
Lobby card with Lamarr and Gable

Comrade X is a 1940 American comedy spy film directed by King Vidor and starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr. The supporting cast features Oskar Homolka, Felix Bressart, Sig Rumann and Eve Arden. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.[2]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "Retrospective 2020: A Very Wide-ranging Director". Berlinale. Retrieved 8 November 2022.