The Intruder
The Intruder
PG-13
7.2
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1962

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84m

The Intruder

Summary

A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.

Director

Roger Corman

Novel, Writer

Charles Beaumont

Reviews

drystyx

drystyx

April 3, 2023

8

There's a lot going for this film about prejudice. First of all, it begins with the status quo approach. The director has William Shatner enter a town, presumably as a protagonist, though he quickly changes into an antagonist. This may be copied from "Women of Dolwyn", where Richard Burton enters the same way, except his character was nowhere near as vile as the one Shatner portrays. There is a unique twist of casting. We expect Shatner to be the open minded one and Leo Gordon to be the closed mind of prejudice, but we get the reversal here. And that is the real charm of this film. I'm not sure people will get that charm a hundred years from now. However, I think they will get that feeling, because I think the director purposely chose Shatner and Gordon for their "presences" so to speak, to throw the audience off guard.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

based on novel or book
ku klux klan
racial segregation
integration
beating
racism
racial tension
lynch mob
pro integration
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lier
forced sex
small southern town
deep south
manipulative male lead
racist murder
agitation
instigation
agitator
integrated schools