Comrade X Page #6

Synopsis: McKinley B. "Mac" Thompson, American reporter in Moscow, smuggles out uncensored news under the alias "Comrade X," but hotel valet Vanya discovers his secret. Vanya fears for the safety of his daughter Golubka ("Theodore") and blackmails Mac into helping her leave the country. Mac is happier about his task once he meets lovely Theodore, but can he convince her of his sincerity? The anti-communist humor becomes alternately grim and farcical.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): King Vidor
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
6.5
PASSED
Year:
1940
104 min
172 Views


I WAS NAMED:

AT THE WORKERS' COUNCIL.

SOMEBODY DIDN'T HAVE

HIS GLASSES ON.

IT IS NOT GLASSES.

IT IS THE LAW.

STREETCARS MUST BE

DRIVEN BY MALES.

THAT'S WHY

THEY CHANGED ME.

I'M GLAD THEY DIDN' GRAFT A BEARD ON YOU.

OK. IF YOU WAN TO BE THEODORE.

YOU WERE:

WITH MY FATHER?

THAT'S RIGHT.

HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE.

HE THINKS BECAUSE I'M RUNNING

A STREETCAR HE CAN RIDE FREE-

HE AND HIS FRIENDS.

YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY.

20 KOPECKS, PLEASE.

PUT IN HERE.

AH, RUSSIA.

WHAT IS THE MATTER

WITH IT?

I'M SAYING

GOOD-BYE TO IT.

IT'S LIKE SAYING GOOD-BYE

TO A WOMAN YOU LOVE,

NEVER GOING TO:

SEE AGAIN.

YOU LOVE RUSSIA?

OH, IT'S MY WHOLE LIFE.

YOU KNOW, I SAID

TO YOUR FATHER,

"VANYA, I WANT TO SPEND

MY LAST NIGHT IN RUSSIA

ON A STREETCAR:

AMONG THE MASSES."

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

YOU'RE AN AMERICAN.

PLEASE. PLEASE. I DON' WANT TO THINK OF THAT NOW.

I READ IN THE PRAVDA

10 MILLION PEOPLE

STARVED TO DEATH LAS WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES,

AND THERE WAS NOBODY

TO BURY THEM.

BURY THEM?

THEY DON'T BURY PEOPLE IN THE

UNITED STATES. THEY BURN THEM.

NATION OF THIEVES.

YES. YES. THAT'S WHA I'M GOING BACK TO.

EVER HEAR OF:

THE BROOKLYN DODGERS?

NO.

THEY GET MURDERED

EVERY DAY.

MURDERED? WHAT FOR?

FOR MAKING:

SOME LITTLE ERRORS.

THERE MUST BE A:

REVOLUTION SOON IN AMERICA.

NO. YOU CAN' HAVE A REVOLUTION

WITH PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN

HOT DOGS AND BOOGIE-WOOGIE.

EXCUSE, PLEASE.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

THINKING OF, COMRADE.

YOU'RE THINKING YOU WILL

NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN.

NEVER.

IT IS:

A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.

YOU LIKE NATURE?

DO YOU HAVE TO:

TAKE IT BACK RIGHT AWAY?

WHO?

THE STREETCAR.

OH, HIM. RUBICK

TAKES HIM BACK.

YOU ARE:

IN A HURRY?

WELL, I GOT TO LEAVE

IN THE MORNING.

COME. WE'LL WAI FOR RUBICK TOGETHER.

COMRADE,

PLEASE DON'T BE SAD.

THERE IS SO MUCH TO LIVE

FOR, EVEN IN AMERICA.

CAREFUL, PLEASE!

IT IS FULL OF HOLES.

THE PROBLEM OF TAKING AWAY THE MASSES

FROM BOOGIE-WOOGIE

IS A DIFFICULT ONE.

YES, IT IS.

YOU'RE THINKING

OF THAT?

WHAT I WAS:

THINKING IS, UH...

WHY DON'T YOU COME

TO AMERICA WITH ME?

YES. I WAS THINKING

OF THAT, TOO.

YOU WERE?

I FEEL SORRY:

FOR AMERICA.

I WOULD LIKE:

TO HELP IT.

YOU COULD.

YES. I COULD HELP THOSE

PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN.

WHAT IS THEIR NAME?

THE-THE DODGERS.

AH.

I COULD HELP THEM.

THEODORE,

I MADE UP MY MIND.

YOU'D DO MORE GOOD FOR COMMUNISM IN

AMERICA THAN ANYONE SINCE COLUMBUS.

NO.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO?

I CANNO LEAVE RUSSIA.

KARL MARX LEFT RUSSIA.

HE WAS NEVER:

IN RUSSIA.

AHEM.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

OH, I SEE.

YOU'D BE BETTER THAN KARL

MARX. YOU'RE PRETTIER.

OH, YOU'RE-YOU'RE

MAKING FUN OF ME.

NO. I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM

A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEEN WRONG WITH

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Ben Hecht (1894–1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write thirty-five books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. more…

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