Gable is Philip Sutherland, an American war correspondent stationed in Moscow. He falls in love with Marya (Tierney), a Russian ballet dancer. After they wed, Philip receives orders to ship back to the United States, but they find that the Russian government will not grant Marya a passport to leave Russia. When Philip is tricked into leaving without her, he sets about forming a plan to smuggle her out of Russia.

Quote-able Gable

"Here's where the story really begins. This is Moscow, victory day, just a few years ago. A lot's happened since then. I had covered the war, now I was to cover the peace--what there was of it." first line

"The only way to figure the Russians is to put two and two together, make nine, add seven, divide by four and give up."

"When the time comes for me to go, you go with me or I don't go at all."

"I'm off to get your visa if I have to climb the Kremlin walls to do it!"

"I'm a Yankee, I don't beg easily. I'm begging now."

"I'd as soon drown than spend the rest of my life without Marya."

"Joe, this is my wife." last line

Behind the Scenes

Adapted from the novel "Came the Dawn" by Richard Bax.

Shot entirely in London, the coast of Cornwall and at MGM's British studios. Filmed during a near-two year period in which Gable was overseas, filming also Betrayed (in Holland) and Mogambo (in Africa).

Tierney spent weeks rehearsing her ballet steps, constantly on her tiptoes. As a result, her feet were cracked and bloody. When Clark went to Paris during a break in filming, her brought her an herbal salve for them. She was very grateful.

Tierney recalled that her and Gable had dinner together at a pub in Cornwall during filming. She was depressed about her up and down romance with Prince Aly Khan and he told her some stories about Carole.

Flopped miserably at the box office. As a result, MGM was uninterested in meeting Gable's demands in his contract renewal. His next project, Betrayed, was to be his last at MGM.