The true story of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal when, in 1921, the fat film comedian stood accused of the rape and murder of a pretty screen actress Arbuckle, born in poverty, rose to the heights and had his career snatched away by a wave of hysteria and bigotry, amid the political corruption of San Francisco and the immorality of a President He saved Charlie Chaplin's career, and began Buster Keaton's His is a life story ranging from comic heights to tragic depths