[1][2] Set during the Swinging Sixties in London, the plot entails a rebellious student who disrupts the lives of all around him, leading to disastrous consequences.

Marco finds a studio apartment, and Timothy pays the first two months' rent, planning to move in with his friend and switch from medicine to art.

Joseph E. Levine acquired the script, had it rewritten by an English writer and signed Kim Stanley to star.

Three days before filming was to begin Stanley fell ill; the producers offered the role to Jones who accepted.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Gloomy psychological melodrama with meaningful undertones attached to a banal and superficial script which leaves many problems unsolved.

The London locations are indifferently shot, and even John Dankworth's music fails to enliven the proceedings.

"[8] Variety wrote: "The Leonard Lightstone production is burdened with frequent static in its development of characters and a rambling narrative further reduces dramatic impact. ...

Lightstone has given impressive physical backing to his production, capturing the feeling of London, which Ken Higgins limns in his sensitive photography, but characters lack much interest.