The Man Who Might Have Been An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman

On April 4 1957 Herbert Norman the Canadian ambassador to Egypt leapt to his death from a Cairo rooftop During his remarkable life Norman helped set the course of postwar Japan and played a key role during the Suez crisis But with all of his talents and achievements there was something haunting Herbert Norman and following him to every corner of the globe the accusation that he was a Soviet spy This documentary takes us back to a time when the Cold War was heating up and when the mere accusation of communist sympathies could destroy a mans career Using declassified documents interviews with key players and dramatizations filmed around the world the film reconstructs the ordeal that Norman endured for seven long years as a US Senate subcommittee relentlessly probed his past beliefs and current loyalties