A 1950s Hollywood director, David Merrill, returns from filming in France to face questioning by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, putting his career on hold. Initially refusing to implicate others or himself, he faces harassment and eventually agrees to testify, only to realize the importance of standing up for what is right and inspiring others to do the same.
Guilty by Suspicion
The director, a Hollywood veteran, returns to Los Angeles in 1951, confronting the dark reality of McCarthyism's Red Scare after finding creative freedom in France.