It is Hollywood, 1958. Small city magnificence queen and religious Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, underneath contract to the notorious Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. On the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who's engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply spiritual Methodist. Their instantaneous attraction not solely places their spiritual convictions to the take a look at, but additionally defies Hughes' primary rule: No worker is allowed to have any relationship by any means with a contract actress. Hughes' habits intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and sudden methods, and as they're drawn deeper into his weird world, their values are challenged and their lives are modified.