Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

The acting in this movie is really good.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"They Met in Bombay" might be viewed as a story in three acts. In the first, Clark Gable plays an insurance detective charged with protecting a valuable jewel. In India, he encounters Rosalind Russell, a jewel thief. Gable, who is really a thief himself, fools Russell into giving him the gem. But she sees through his subterfuge before he can make his getaway.In the second act, they have joined forces. The question is whether it is a personal attraction that keeps them together or just the opportunity of working together. And are both of them really in the partnership for the long run, or just waiting to make the double cross? They take a steamer to China, where the authorities close in. They escape and Gable assumes an identity as a British fusilier.In act three, Gable and Russell look for a way to escape the charade, but Gable is conscripted to address a local military problem--the Japanese have invaded Hong Kong. Gable seems to make the right decision at every turn, staying one step ahead of discovery. Exigencies force him to deal with Japanese forces in a heroic manner. By now, Russell has had plenty of opportunities to dream of a life free of crime with the man she loves. She is willing to stick with Gable no matter what his decisions, but one can see her yearning for a life without flight.I won't reveal the ending, but I think the success of the film relies upon the chemistry between the two stars. Lana Turner, who was picked for Russell's role first, might seem to be a more suitable choice as a woman to inspire Gable's desires. But Russell is very convincing as a woman who is inspired by the "true" nature hidden within the man. The story itself is interesting. The suspense is less about the theft of jewelry and more about whether the two thieves might double cross each other. Gable plays the part of a gambler who knows his way around a bluff, so his true motives are difficult to read. It's a mystery that continues until the last scene. In my opinion, each scene is more interesting than those prior.

Enjoyable film up until the Japanese arrive. Then it takes a drastic turn for the worse due to the "Japanese" armored cars and worst of all, the WWI German helmets that were repainted and worn backwards!!! Peter Loree's character Capt. Chang is charming and convincing. The sets are quite good; although the exterior shots are evidently Southern California. The lines are decent, the acting is good and the dialog is catchy despite the obvious contemporary aspects. The action scene towards the end where the British are fighting the Japanese is pretty lame to say the least. Aside from the obvious; those helmets are really distracting, the way the men were falling about was laughable and detracted from the seriousness of Gable's heroic deed. The fact that he is awarded a VC for that deed is ridiculous as I'm sure the British wouldn't have done that as he was not legitimately in the army and therefore not eligible. Despite these obvious faults and drawbacks, it's a good old fun Sunday afternoon film.

It was great to see another little remembered Gable film made before he went off to war. When he was paired with Rosalind Russell in "China Seas", they met in Hong Hong and traveled by ship to Singapore. Here, they meet in Bombay and travel by ship to Hong Kong, under quite different circumstances, as fugitive jewel thieves. In general form, this film reminds me of the later "The Big Steal", a chase thriller-screwball romantic comedy combo in an exotic locale, involving a man and woman, unknown to each other, looking for the same thing. Toward the end, it turns into a forerunner of "The Great Imposter", with Gable successfully fooling the British Hong Kong garrison into believing he is a British officer, who happens to be passing through. This gets him into more hot water than he bargained for, as the Japanese invade Hong Kong(as they actually did less than a year later!). Peter Lorre doesn't fool anyone as the supposedly Chinese captain of the ship taking the thieves to Hong Kong. This is mostly Gable's film. Sometimes, I wondered if I was looking at a deglamourized Heddy Lamarr instead of Rosalind Russell. All in all, an entertaining, if silly, romp, with Gable still looking in peak form and seeming to enjoy himself.

Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell had worked twice together before. Russell was a supporting player in two of Gable's previous films, China Seas and Forsaking All Others. But in They Met in Bombay they make a bright pair of competing and then cooperating thieves.Bombay is in fact where they do meet, both of them working individually on a caper to steal a really big diamond belonging to inebriated Dutchess, Jessie Ralph. When they discover who each really is, there's some antagonism, but the police chasing them forces some cooperation which becomes more and more willing as the film progresses.The pair eventually arrive in Hong Kong and I dare not say more, but some of Gable's con games involve him something far bigger than he can handle as the plot takes some unbelievable turns.Gable and Russell worked well together, it's a pity that this was their only teaming on the big screen. Look also for good performances by Peter Lorre as the sly Chinese freighter captain and Reginald Owen as the British General and Matthew Boulton as the frustrated British police inspector. Also if you look fast you'll see Alan Ladd in a minute part as a British soldier in a scene with Gable while the leads are in Hong Kong. They Met in Bombay is fast paced and very funny and still holds up remarkably well today.