Montgomery Clift

Elizabeth Taylor loved him.
Norman Mailer revered him.
Marion Brando was stunned by his genius.

At twelve he burst onto the Broadway stage with brilliance and beauty. At thirty he was Hollywood’s most sought after star.

He was a loner: arrogant, quirky, aloof. He grew up in opulent European hotels. He threw tantrums. He ate fresh caviar by the pound. All his life he fought his sexual attraction to men.

Marilyn Monroe said, “He’s the only person I Know who is in worse shape than I am.”

Then, after a car crash that paralysed the left side of his face, Monty began the longest suicide in Hollywood history, crushing both life and career under an avalanche of pills, booze and inexplicable anguish…