Original sentence: After working at cross purposes, they decide to team up, keeping one step ahead of a diligent police inspector (Matthew Boulton) and a mercenary freighter captain Chang (Peter Lorre).Both Gerald and Anya betray the nobler sides of their natures in the end, participating in a pitched battle in China against invading Japanese military forces.Clark Gable as Gerald Meldrick.Eduardo Ciannelli as  Giovanni Riccio, Hotel Manager (as Edward Ciannelli).Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) and Anya Von Duren (Rosalind Russell) are a pair of rival jewel thieves at large in India.Jay Novello as Bolo.Jessie Ralph as Duchess of Beltravers.Luis Alberni as Maitre d'hotel.Matthew Boulton as Inspector Cressney.Peter Lorre as Captain Chang.Reginald Owen as Gen.Rosalind Russell as Anya Von Duren.Rosina Galli as Carmencita 'Rosa'
Edited sentence: After several reels of cross-purposes, hero and heroine decide to team up, keeping one step ahead of a diligent police inspector (Matthew Boulton) and mercenary freighter captain Chang (Peter Lorre).Both Gerald and Anya betray the nobler sides of their natures in the final reels, participating in a pitched battle against invading Japanese military forces.Clark Gable ...  Gerald Meldrick.Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell play Gerald Meldrick and Anya Von Duren, a pair of rival jewel thieves at large in India.Eduardo Ciannelli ...  Giovanni Riccio, Hotel Manager (as Edward Ciannelli).Jay Novello ...  Bolo.Jessie Ralph ...  Duchess of Beltravers.Luis Alberni ...  Maitre d'hotel *Rosina Galli ...  Carmencita 'Rosa'.Matthew Boulton ...  Inspector Cressney.Peter Lorre ...  Capt.Reginald Owen ...  Gen.Rosalind Russell ...  Anya Von Duren.They Met in Bombay is a typical MGM star vehicle, in which the leading players are called upon to perform a pencil-thin plotline on the force of sheer personality