Day 1: Friday Mid-DayIn a lineup with two other suspects who have recently been arrested, the grim, dirty-shaven, Irish-American Handley is identified as a 36 year old, out-of-work ex-con with a previous arrest in 1937 for illegal possession of firearms.They strangled and beat the guards and personnel inside, ransacked file drawers, and from the control center released caged apes.Pedestrians, office workers on lunch break, and Christmas shoppers mingle together in the long view.Slowly, the camera zooms closer and picks out a young, white-faced Mime (Robert Shields), dressed in a black-and-white drum major""s costume, who imitates and parodies unsuspecting bypassers.Plot SynopsisThe beautifully-realized, poetic film opens with an allegorical subtitle:A Song of Two Humans:The main characters are unnamed archetypal figures in a love triangle: the Man, the Wife, and the Woman from the City (the Vamp).