The Intruder

1962

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 4520 4.5K

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Plot 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 Photo
Roger Corman

Top cast

Robert Emhardt Photo
Robert Emhardt as Verne Shipman
Leo Gordon Photo
Leo Gordon as Sam Griffin
Jeanne Cooper Photo
Jeanne Cooper as Vi Griffin
June Foray Photo
June Foray as Old hotel clerk
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lemon_magic 7 / 10

It's a shame Corman didn't continue in this vein...

Reviewed by The_Void 9 / 10

It may have intruded on Corman's profit margin, but The Intruder stands up as one of his very best efforts!

Roger Corman is most famous for making cheap movies that turned in a big profit. As you might expect, therefore, a vast number of these were absolute rubbish that made you wonder how they ever managed to make a penny, let alone a profit. It is highly ironic therefore that The Intruder is both Corman's first non-profit making film, and one of his very best. Most of Corman's films, while at times entertaining and fun to watch, don't have much in terms of substance; but this is not the case with The Intruder - a film which both entertains and makes you think. The film focuses on Adam Cramer - public speaker and devout racist, dedicated to turning small towns across America against the idea of social integration. The courts have ordered the policy, and so Cramer sets out about inspiring hatred to create a mob to put an end to social integration by brute force. All is going well for the man and his hateful agenda, but when events start to escalate, he finds that the mob he has created is stronger than its leader.I know that this film didn't cost much to make because it was directed by Roger Corman, but if you didn't know that; you'd never have guessed. There are no big stunts in the film, but the production values are surprisingly high and the acting surprisingly good. The Intruder is bolstered by an excellent performance from William Shatner. Corman apparently blamed the poor box office run on Shatner - but I have no idea why! Shatner does a great job of providing a great portrait of his character - suitably slimy, yet obviously cowardly beneath his confidant public persona. Perhaps the best thing about this film is its simplicity. Bigger films such as American History X have attempted to make a point about racism with not as much success as Corman has here. The scenes that show the crowds really getting behind Cramer's words of hatred are poignant indeed, and the conclusion to the tale both makes a point about bigots and provides a suitable conclusion to Adam Cramer's character arc. Overall, The Intruder is one of the best and most though-provoking films on the tentative subject of racism that I have ever seen, and it comes highly recommended to all!
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