It follows the day-to-day life of Ringo, played by Carl Bradshaw, a smooth-talking waiter and con-man.
The film was directed by Trevor D. Rhone, who also wrote the play on which it is based, and was produced by Edward Knight.
The day after the film's debut in the United States, the New York Times writer Richard Eder remarked on the film's "wittiness and pungency" but criticized its technical cinematographic elements as "terribly awkward.
On 6 November 2010, writer Andrew Robinson published the newspaper's top five Jamaican films.
He explains that the film allows people to experience the exploited resort culture of Jamaica with a clearer understanding of the relationships between skin color and positions of power, the urban and rural lifestyle conflicts, and the interaction between women and men of Jamaica.