Harold Lasseter claims he knows the location of a gold reef and in 1930 manages to raise funds for an expedition to discover it.
Along the way they encountered several people who knew Lassester, including Bob Buck, the bushman who found his dead body, and Old Warts, an aboriginal who befriended him.
[6] The expedition retraced Lasseter's steps, including visiting the cave where he died, but found no trace of gold.
Foy, Kathner and Tolhurt decided to make a feature film based on the story of Lasseter's expedition instead.
[8] When Kathner and Tolhurst arrived in Broken Hill in July they revealed these aboriginals had been painted up to appear in the film but they had believed them to be docile.
[10] The filmmakers were sued by publishers Angus and Robertson who claimed the film infringed the copyright on the 1931 book Lasseter's Last Ride by Ion Idriess.