Clark Gable and Heddy Lamar do an excellent job burlesquing one of the two worst despotisms of modern times. The basic plot is ridiculous and far fetched but after all this is a Comedy! It is a pity that Lamar was not given a chance to do more screwball comedy as she handles it very well indeed,and of course Gable had already shown his gift for comedy in earlier films. The tank chase at the end is very impressive and amazingly realistic,reminding one of silent comedy..Some revewers seem upset that it makes Stalinist Russia look EVIL,which it certainly was. Apparently some people think that only Nazi Germany should be depicted thus. They like to forget that the worst aspects of Nazi Germany were deliberately patterned on Stalinist Russia They also like to "forget" that Hitler and Stalin were ALLIES at this time,having jointly invaded Poland and divided it up between them. The fact that Stalin's PARTNER IN CRIME chose to double cross him and invade Russia,Hardly makes Stalin a "goog guy"!.Stalin brought this disaster on Russia by his own totalitarian greed, and it was the ordinary people of Russia who suffered. Hitler was defeated at the cost of bringing eastern Europe under a despotism as cruel and ruthless as Nazi Germany.
