故事主要纪录了美国CIA的间谍之王(Spymaster)的传奇,由导演Carl Colby(间谍之王的儿子)讲述并拍摄成纪录片。 本片揭露前CIA探员William Colby于执勤期间的卧底任务,与政治秘辛。 导演Carl Colby身为前CIA探员William Colby的儿子,以本片纪录父亲于任职期间的轶事。 本片以前CIA探员William Colby的儿子与妻子的观点,叙述这名具争议性伟大CIA探员的事迹。William Colby曾经参与多项美国间谍任务,于片中将揭露CIA的卧底生活,以及幕后的诸多秘辛。A son's riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller. The secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby's son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows, and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nation's most cloaked actions.