Ed Devereaux

An Italian journalist deals with culture shock in Australia in the 1960s when his cousin convinces him to emigrate for a lucrative magazine job.

Focusing on one family, this film dramatises the tensions between first and second generation West Indians in London. The younger generation see their parents as having rejected their black identity and, unable to get a job, the family's younger son becomes involved in collective black action.

In London, a gang of criminals from Australia led by Jack Coombes impersonate policemen to carry out robberies.