An Early Clue to the New Direction (1966)

Featuring Joy Bang Prescott Townsend Rene Ricard Music by the Unidentified Flying Objects The grand prize went to Andrew Meyers blackandwhite AN EARLY CLUE TO THE NEW DIRECTION whose virtues had nothing to do with technical polish Mr Meyers film hung on dialogue cast and plot of a kind clearly moving in a new direction Its central virtue was nothing less than a superb performance by an old man Prescott Townsend playing a Boston rogue long past his time who charms a young girl with his snowflake theory Douglas M Davis National Observer