 A pastiche of Norman Rydge, head of the Greater Union Organisation - a film agent whose monopolising tactics more or less spelt the end for the early Australian film industry. The title is a play on one of the most popular Australian silent films,  The Shadow of Lightning Ridge  (1920), one of many movies featuring Australia s earliest cowboy star, Snowy Baker.  Brownie  Vernon, the young American actress who co-starred, also returns in this movie.