The true story of Christopher Boyce, a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton; it can't last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family.

The poem from which Boyce and his father recite is Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade", about a battle in the Crimean War.

Christopher Boyce:
I know a thing or two about predatory behavior, and what once was a legitimate intelligence agency is now being used on weaker governments.

Continuity: Just prior to his arrest, as Christopher releases his falcon into freedom, removing the leather straps used to hold its feet. As it flies away, in several quick cuts between the bird and the human... in one shot (the third) the straps re-appear on the falcon.

Performed by David Bowie