John O’Shea of Pacific Films produced, directed and co-wrote it.

The film stars Colin Broadley in the lead, and several New Zealanders who became famous in other fields; Kiri Te Kanawa, Barry Crump and Ray Columbus.

High-flying but high-living accountant David Manning gets heavily into debt, loses his job and goes on the road.

He is given a lift by the wealthy Laura, who fancies him and is jealous of Isobel, a young Maori woman they meet.

After a fight he steals Laura's car and heads for the mountains of his childhood, meeting Diana on the inter-island ferry and pursued by police.