Things seem to be closing in on campaign manager Parker Hite: he can't get any supporters for his candidate, and his marriage is beginning to collapse.

James Congers, a CIA agent who becomes an alcoholic, believing himself responsible for the death of two close friends. The Russians believe that he would be useful in fingering potential soviet defectors. The Americans plans to use Conger's inebriated state to get him into a mental hospital, and there locate an enemy spy. His girl friend merely wants to get him to pull himself together.

James Congers, a CIA agent who becomes an alcoholic, believing himself responsible for the death of two close friends. The Russians believe that he would be useful in fingering potential soviet defectors. The Americans plans to use Conger's inebriated state to get him into a mental hospital, and there locate an enemy spy. His girl friend merely wants to get him to pull himself together.