![Oliver Reed](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/cX4qnlsKPKlBlDgzHl9zj0udZFB.jpg)
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist. Hancock proceeds to con the art world into thinking he is a genius.