There's something broken in Harvey Matusow; he can't decide who he's supposed to be.  He's been a war veteran, a failed entertainer, an ex-communist FBI informer, and now he's a high-profile government witness, who's being paid lie.  By the age of 28, he's transformed himself from a poor kid from the Bronx into a Red-baiting celebrity with little regard for the many lives he's ruined along the way.  At the height of his power, Harvey's claimed his place among the conservative elite, as a trusted collaborator and friend to Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn.