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The intruder
Roger Corman
- 1962
- USA
- Drama / Thriller
- 1h24mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Black and white
Adam Cramer arrives in a little southern US town, where the new school integration laws aren’t well accepted. He will attempt to influence public opinion against this law.
Invisible on screens for a long time, The Intruder, a lucid and radical political pamphlet, remains Corman’s most personal project. By his refusal of all compromise, the filmmaker steers away from lukewarm Hollywood racial films. In the manner of Samule Fuller or Don Siegel, Roger Corman shoots his story frontally, full of cupid racist characters, prisoners of prejudice, and incapable of accepting their country’s democratic evolution. he also paints a fascinating portrait of an opportunistic and perverse preacher, played by William Shatner, as an unsettling seducer who contributes a lot to the success of this thriller, bold and socially conscious for its time.
Screenings
14/09 • 14h30 • Screen 100
Credits
- With : William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Beverly Lunsford, Robert Emhardt, Leo Gordon...
- Screenplay : Charles Beaumont
- Photography : Taylor Byars
- Editing : Ronald Sinclair
- Music by : Herman Stein
- Production : Roger Corman, Gene Corman
