The Intruder
Drama
7.2/10
|US
|en
|84 min
Release Date: 1962-05-14
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Roger Corman Productions
User Reviews
drystyx
8/10
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...
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r96sk
7/10
As uncomfortable as it is, I think it's a good movie. <em>'The Intruder'</em> is basically your standard story of how dangerous mob mentality can be, especially when coupled with ready-made white supremacy. It is a bit white saviour-y, though I did like how Charles Barnes' Joey had his own moment in the face of adversity. I enjoyed (from an acting viewpoint, of course) the performances onscr...
