Brian Fitzgerald (Arthur Shirley) is arrested for the crime and brought to trial, but is acquitted at the last minute by Sal Rawlin, a missing witness who produces an alibi.
He had started filming a South Seas romance called The Throwback in 1920 but had been unable to complete it.
Shirley managed to recover and establish a new company, Pyramid Pictures, with the backing of several Melbourne businessman, including Gilbert M.
[4] Cora Warner, who appeared in the support cast, ran the theatrical boarding house in Woolloomooloo where Shirley was staying.
[5] The movie received good reviews and was a major commercial success, with The Sydney Morning Herald saying that it played "to a greatly interested audience.