The tragedy of a man who got what he wanted. He stood on a box and reached for the stars. And he got them. He was too short to be a leading man, to "pretty" to be a rugged hero...yet he played both for millions. The modern studio star system was built around him. His face sold more movie magazines and his name sold more tickets that any other actor's before or since. He became the only thing he had ever really wanted to be: a movie star. And Ladd never believed it, not even while it was happening to him. When it all came crashing down, as he knew it would, he was prepared to play the greatest role of his career...