The Moving Finger
4.4
A rare beatnik artifact of the early 1960s, one of only a few such films made before the hippies took over Hollywood. Low budget and in b&w, it's set in Greenwich Village, with what seems like a mostly improvised script. It begins as a late film noir crime tale involving a bank robbery where only one of a group of thieves escapes with his life, as well as $90,000 in loot. Injured and on the run, he hides in a local tour bus and is soon taken in by a group of bohemians who shoot him full of morphine to ease his pain and let him sleep it off on a mattress. Mason is the head beatnik. There's also the owner of both an upstairs coffeehouse and garret, where these beatniks hang out. They, in turn, bring the tourist trade in. Although the robbery is supposed to be the main focus of the plot, it quickly turns into more of a character study featuring these rebellious bon vivants and their odd lifestyle...
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Cast
13 people
Lionel Stander
Anatole
Known for
Cul-de-sac
Once Upon a Time in the West
Barry Newman
Mason
Known for
Vanishing Point
Daylight
Carlo Fiore
Larry Moyer
Moondog
Self
Also in
Chappaqua
Teddy Vann
Zelda R. Suplee
Also in
Diary of a Nudist
The Parisienne and the Prudes
Max Glenn
Otto Mjaanes
Huntington
No other roles listed
Art Smith
Doctor
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Alan Ansara
Jimmy
Shel Silverstein
Party Attendee
Also in
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Larry Moyer Director · Carlo Fiore Writer Shel Silverstein Composer
United States release December 1, 1963 · Produced in United States
Production
Moyer Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 1, 1963
Theatrical
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