The film is set in 1940, shortly after the United States recognized the Soviet Union, and just before Russia became a valued ally in the war against Hitler. In this era of American ambivalence towards Russia, an American reporter is smuggling news out of Russia under the nom de plume 'Comrade X.' A hotel employee discovers his identity and blackmails him into taking the employee's beautiful pro-communist daughter out of the country.
—Jojo Jones