The story follows (James Norton), who convinces several people—initially a group of college students—that they are being recruited as undercover spies for British Intelligence. He uses these lies to isolate them from their families, extort their money, and keep them in hiding for years.
The 2022 film (also titled Freegard ) is a British biographical thriller based on the true story of Robert Freegard, a master conman who manipulated multiple victims by posing as an MI5 agent. Plot Summary
For those interested in the real-life events without subtitles, the same case is covered in the Netflix docuseries The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman .
