Police officers Trevor Darling (David Argue) and Nikki Iceton (Gia Carides) escort a young Aboriginal woman Kath (Lydia Miller) to the New South Wales outback to stand trial.

Bill Bennett had raised $175,000 from the BBC and ABC to make a documentary about black tracker Jimmy James but was reluctant to proceed.

Bennett got approval from the tax department and most investors to do this, with J C Williamson Ltd stepping in for the BBC and ABC.

"It has been my contention that in Australian films actors have always been treated as props... so I decided to give them more power," he said.

[3] Bennett wanted to add some levity in the material and so cast David Argue, who had impressed him on stage.

"[3] During filming out near Broken Hill Bennett often clashed with David Argue, who quit a week before shooting ended.

[6] Bennett said "I gave no thought about how it was going to be received, because I figured that it was made on such a low budget that, if it bombed, if nobody ever saw it, then it wouldn't really matter.