Basil Brookes (Dan Stevens) joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell (David Suchet) - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests status with fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch and descends into marital and monetary chaos. He optimistically pursues glamorous secretary Andrea Martin (Daniella Denby-Ashe) and alienates his wife Betty (Patricia Hodge) by putting his desire for immediate separation by letter. By the end of the film the previously omnipotent Maxwell, who w…
