Emily Crane loses her job because she won't give names to the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. She then gets a part-time job as an old lady's companion. One day, she hears a loud argument in a neighbor's house that is mostly in German. This gets her attention even more because one of the people in the argument is her main senator prosecutor. As she starts to look into things, she gradually asks FBI officer Cochran, who was originally sent to check her out, to help her. As well, when things get bad