At the height of his fame, Charlie Chaplin refuses to testify before Congress and denounce suspected Communists.

In 1952, Charlie Chaplin and his family left the United States for Europe aboard the Queen Elisabeth. He had no choice. Had he stayed in America, he would be forced to comply with McCarthyism and hand the names of alleged communists over to the government. But Charlie was never a snitch--not even as a child growing up on the outskirts of London. His path is clear: it’s time to leave.