Idiot's Delight (MOD)

Idiot's Delight (MOD)They first meet in Omaha. They meet again years later at the Swiss border. and at the edge of World War II. Clark Gable as smalltime hoofer Harry Van and Norma Shearer as his one time honey Irene, now passing herself off as a Russian aristocrat and clinging to the arm of a munitions baron, strike sparks in this witty, cogent clash of love and war based on Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize winning play. Idiot's Delight, released in the same year as

the intruder is a computer named Proteus

the two stars let their affection for each other shine through in their performances

he's mistaken for a top superspy

who knows her secret

When the head of the KGB

Breathless excitement is in store when she slips inside the Dragon Lady's plush gaming rooms

Skeet's dalliance with a native girl (Carmel Myers) tips the scale in O'Hara's favor

Paul Henreid and A Martinez

If you can't beat them

Susan Ashwood (Irene Dunne) lost her husband to one war

Complicating the proceedings is Mrs

she became an instant hit with a public wearied of the corruption and personal drama of the Watergate era