The Moving Finger 60 years old

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...

Credits

The Moving Finger Cast

Name	Character
Lionel Stander He was 55, 86 years old when he died
Shel Silverstein He was 33, 68 years old when he died	as Party Attendee
Barry Newman He was 25, now 85 years old

The Moving Finger Crew

Name	Department
Carlo Fiore as Writer. He was 9 (now 50) years old	Writing
Larry Moyer as Director.	Directing
Larry Moyer as Writer.	Writing
Shel Silverstein as Music. He was 33 (68) years old when He died	Sound