Within the late Fifties and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. Nevertheless, nobody realizes that his spouse, Margaret, is the true painter behind the comb. Though Margaret is horrified to study that Walter is passing off her work as his personal, she is just too meek to protest too loudly. It is not till the Keanes' marriage involves an finish and a lawsuit follows that the reality lastly involves gentle.