Eine erstaunliche Geschichte: Wie es dazu kam, dass Marilyn Monroe zum ersten Pin-up des Playboy wurde.

Hugh Hefner überredet seine Abonnement-Leiterin, für das erste selbstfotografierte Poster des Playboy zu posieren. Das "Mädchen von nebenan" wird zum Erfolgsrezept des Playboy.

Mitte der 1950er sind Hugh Hefner und der Playboy im ganzen Land erfolgreich. Hefner nutzt dies, um soziale Probleme zu thematisieren. Gleichzeitig genießt er sein neues Leben als Playboy.

To bring Playboy’s bachelor lifestyle to the public, Hugh Hefner opens the Playboy Club in Chicago and creates the perfect nightlife hostess - the bunny.

Hugh Hefner creates the Playboy Interview, giving a platform to cultural leaders to discuss pressing social issues, and publishes a controversial interview with Malcolm X.

Hefner becomes addicted to an amphetamine drug that lets him work around the clock, using the pages of the magazine to fight for civil rights and ultimately publish what would become Martin Luther King Jr’s final written words.

While Hugh Hefner finds love and success in Hollywood, Playboy fights Penthouse in the pubic wars.

Hugh Hefner’s secretary and close friend, Bobbie Arnstein, finds herself at the center of a conspiracy to take down the Playboy empire and her loyalty to Hefner proves deadly.

After the death of Bobbie Arnstein, Hugh Hefner retreats permanently to his Los Angeles mansion, only to face the murder of Playmate Dorothy Stratten.

With Playboy on the brink of bankruptcy, Hefner sacrifices friends and leans on family to secure the brand’s future.