Lawyer Jeff Warren takes over a compensation case after the sudden death of one of his partners.
Screenwriter Bob Ellis later claimed the original script "was a really terrific Chandleresque film noir that bears no resemblance to the eventual film.
[3] Director Craig Lahiff: Bob did a script and it was very difficult to raise money for it.
But in the end, because I'd spent a lot of money and time on it, we tried to give it a different approach and got another writer, Peter Goldsworthy.
Lahiff: They had a fair bit of script involvement and also casting, so I ended up with Harry Hamlin as lead.