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They Met in Bombay

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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.

Critics Reviews

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Elena de la Torre Cine-Mundial 09/19/2019
The movie is delicious, and with such actors, there is no need to say that the public would be delighted. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/13/2012
B-
A quintessential Gable star vehicle, this escapist fare is mildly entertaining due to the acting, with Rosalind Russell as the King's equal-rival. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/12/2007
B-
It tickles the bones even though the plot is slight and the story line is farfetched and hardly believable. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Russ G Aug 29 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. See more Gary F 07/17/2024 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? See more Steve D 05/26/2023 A whole lot of fun with a great cast. See more 12/08/2019 Competition and Thievery make for a fun run into love! See more 03/19/2017 Fun movie with Clark Gable and Rosilan Russell See more 03/16/2015 Cute costumes, corny dialog, absurd plot,big stars fulfilling their contracts. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Clarence Brown

Director

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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Movie Info

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