In the spring of 1942, Joe DiMaggio is enjoying a much better season than either General macArthur in Corregidor or private eye Toby Peters in Hollywood. Blond bombshell Mae West has just finished her book, a sensational tell-all life story that could turn Tinsel Town into scandal city. When the manuscript is stolen from under her generous form by a mysterious psychopath, Peters agrees to take the case. Before he can tell his famous client who's done her wrong, he finds himself the target of a cross-dressing killer, captive of a mad doctor, and the preview audience for a big-screen plot that threatens not only Mae, but master of spectacle Cecil B. DeMille.