The story centered on a runaway girl who navigates the brutal and dangerous life of a pickpocket in Quiapo.
The journey of Dukot Queen was rocky from the start. Production was famously halted after initial filming stages, leaving it a "lost" or unreleased film.
For many Filipino films of this era, physical media like VCDs (Video CDs) and DVDs went out of print quickly. Consequently, peer-to-peer networks and file-sharing blogs using archived formats became the unintended custodians of these cultural artifacts.