The story of Chris Boyce and Daulton Lee isn’t done when they arrive at federal prison. They become international celebrities when the book “The Falcon and the Snowman” gets released. The book leads to a Hollywood movie, and their celebrity status rises. Then Chris executes another audacious plan and spends nearly two years on the run as an outlaw. Chris and Daulton survive prison and begin new lives, but their friendship will never be the same.

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SPIES LIKE US Ep. 6 | “The Falcon and the Snowman”

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Willie Sutton grows up in a tough Irish neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York where he idolizes the gangsters who run the local docks. At the age of 10, he commits his first serious theft. Future crimes and false accusations force him to go on the run before he joins a gang of professional thieves. When he’s 24, he makes his debut as a bank robber. But his first attempt produces less than stellar results.

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WILLIE SUTTON Ep. 1 | “Irishtown”

More than a year and a half after Patty Hearst was kidnapped, her legal saga plays out in court and in the media. In court, she portrays herself as an innocent victim who was forced to participate in criminal activities. In early media encounters, she sounds like she genuinely joined the revolutionary group and was a willing participant in all its illegal exploits. No one knows the truth, and the debate continues to this day.

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PATTY HEARST Ep. 6 | “The Truth of Patty Hearst”

Patty Hearst and the other two surviving members of the SLA connect with new recruits and flee to Pennsylvania to hide from the police. Before long, the group returns to northern California and conducts a bank robbery that has fatal consequences. The FBI picks up the trail of the elusive fugitives and finally arrests Patty Hearst.

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PATTY HEARST Ep. 5 | “The End of the The SLA”

The SLA feels heat from the FBI and law enforcement in northern California, so the group moves south to Los Angeles. Patty Hearst and two other members drive to a sporting goods store to buy supplies, but the simple errand takes a dramatic turn for the worse. The trio ends up on the run through L.A., and their error leads the police to the location of the SLA hideout. The revolutionaries engage the LAPD in a firefight that leads to the end of the original gang.

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PATTY HEARST Ep. 4 | “The L.A. Shootout”

After more than two months in captivity, Patty Hearst emerges from the shadows and helps the SLA rob a bank in northern California. The public is shocked to see images of the former college student who now looks like an armed revolutionary. A radio station receives a recording in which Patty proclaims her transformation is complete: she is an avowed soldier in the SLA.

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SPIES LIKE US Ep. 6 | “The Falcon and the Snowman”

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