Jack Lemmon was a jack of all trades. He could do it all: comedy—slapstick and romantic—and hard-hitting dramas. Then there were his eyes, which showed a vulnerability that made audiences want him to succeed—no matter what craziness he was up to. And speaking of craziness, there was a LOT of it.

Lemmon faced a number of nightmares throughout his life: finding his mother’s lifeless body, a doomed marriage, and, of course, his greatest secret of all…A severe drinking habit that almost destroyed him from the inside out.