A miniature epic set in Ancient Rome and "inspired" by the then popular television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958).

This was the first film directed by Martin Scorsese. In 2016, he described it as "juvenile" in an interview with IMDB.

According to Martin Scorsese this silent, no-budget 10-or-12-minutes short film was shot by himself with a borrowed DeJur 8mm Camera in B&W. He shot it on the rooftops of New York City. The story is about "a private eye in ancient Rome" and the short features a friend wearing bed sheets as a 'toga'. Scorsese and his friend showed it only once for themselves and used an unsynchronized 'soundtrack' of music records featuring Sergei Prokofiev, Django Reinhardt and Lonnie Donegan among others. [from the 'IMDB First Credit' series, 2016]