The only performance which was too soft for me was that of Yvette Mimieux, but since someone had to become the victim of despoilers, just to emphasize that such things do happen at these fracases, I suppose this was the attitude the part called for. I must say, however, that I preferred the acting that had something of a biting edge to it.

To anyone who remembers Newport at its less than maximum violence, this view of what the boys and girls do in the springtime before they wing north for the Jazz Festival ought to prove entertaining.

The second feature, ``The Price of Silence,'' is a British detective story that will talk your head off.