They Met in Bombay

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They Met in Bombay

Released Jun 27, 1941

1h 33m

Adventure

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Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) is a dashing international jewel thief with designs on a diamond held by the Duchess of Beltravers (Jessie Ralph). He meets his match in the form of Anya Von Duren (Rosalind Russell), a beautiful con artist. As they work against each other, Gerald acts as a Scotland Yard detective, and Anya adopts the identity of a haughty aristocrat. With an inspector and a greedy mercenary captain (Peter Lorre) in hot pursuit, the two team up to pull off a big score.

Elena de la Torre

Cine-Mundial

The movie is delicious, and with such actors, there is no need to say that the public would be delighted. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 19, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

A quintessential Gable star vehicle, this escapist fare is mildly entertaining due to the acting, with Rosalind Russell as the King's equal-rival.

Rated: B-

Aug 13, 2012

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Dennis Schwartz

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It tickles the bones even though the plot is slight and the story line is farfetched and hardly believable.

Rated: B-

Aug 12, 2007

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Russ G

A passable piece of mid-century Hollywood fluff that tries to get by on the star power of its two leads - the venerable King of Hollywood and Miss Russell, the up-and-comer. If you can swallow the rather implausible 2nd half, it's entertaining enough.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/29/25

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Gary F

This star vehicle is entertaining for the first half of the movie. The movie starts to get silly as Gable pretend to be a major in the British military. How can the soldiers on a small military base not know that Gable is a fraud?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/18/24

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Steve D

A whole lot of fun with a great cast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/26/23

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Audience Member

Competition and Thievery make for a fun run into love!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Fun movie with Clark Gable and Rosilan Russell

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Cute costumes, corny dialog, absurd plot,big stars fulfilling their contracts.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Clarence Brown

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Clark Gable

Gerald Meldrick

Rosalind Russell

Anya Von Duren

Peter Lorre

Captain Chang

Jessie Ralph

Duchess of Beltravers

Reginald Owen

The General

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Synopsis

Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) is a dashing international jewel thief with designs on a diamond held by the Duchess of Beltravers (Jessie Ralph). He meets his match in the form of Anya Von Duren (Rosalind Russell), a beautiful con artist. As they work against each other, Gerald acts as a Scotland Yard detective, and Anya adopts the identity of a haughty aristocrat. With an inspector and a greedy mercenary captain (Peter Lorre) in hot pursuit, the two team up to pull off a big score.

Director: Clarence Brown
Producer: Hunt Stromberg
Screenwriter: Edwin Justus Mayer, Anita Loos, Leon Gordon
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 1941, Original
Release Date (DVD): May 28, 2010
Runtime: 1h 33m