He co-wrote, with director Perry Henzell, the internationally successful film The Harder They Come (1972)
After seeing his first play at the age of nine he fell in love with theatre. Educated at Beckford & Smith High School (later St. George's High School) He began his theatre career as a teacher after a three-year stint at Rose Bruford College, an English drama school, where he studied in the early 1960s on scholarship. He was part of the renaissance of Jamaican theatre in the early 1970s. Rhone participated in a group called Theatre '77, which established The Barn, a small theatre. The vision of the group that came together in 1965 was that in 12 years by 1977 there would be professional theatre. His prolific work includes the films The Harder They Come (1972) co-author Smile Orange (1974) based on his play of the same name. Top Rankin Milk and Honey (1988), winner One Love (2003) a Cannes Film Festival favorite.
