Born Archibald Leach in 1904, Cary Grant came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune. As Scott Eyman reveals in this meticulously researched biography, Grant's father was an alcoholic, and his mother—whom he long believed was dead—had actually been committed to an asylum. Even as the public worshipped him in movies like Gunga Din, Notorious, and North by Northwest, Grant had difficulty maintaining close relationships, and remained deeply conflicted about his past and his identity.