When a crisis endangers the lives of many innocents, an undercover agent must somehow find a way to save their lives in a foreign nation. Directed by and starring Ben Affleck along with Bryan Cranston and John Goodman, Argo is a political drama-thriller film that is an adaptation of a CIA operative's book The Master of Disguise. The plot follows a CIA agent who goes to Tehran in order to rescue six Americans who are held captive in Iran by deadly criminals. Under the ruse of a Hollywood producer, the agent must somehow accomplish his objective.