The Intruder

"He Fed Their Fears And Turned Neighbor Against Neighbor!"

1962 1h 24m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 118

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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.

“He Fed Their Fears And Turned Neighbor Against Neighbor!”

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Cast

William Shatner
Adam Cramer
Frank Maxwell
Tom McDaniel
Beverly Lunsford
Ella McDaniel
Robert Emhardt
Verne Shipman
Leo Gordon
Sam Griffin
Charles Barnes
Joey Greene
Charles Beaumont
Mr. Paton
Katherine Smith
Ruth McDaniel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roger Corman
Writers: Charles Beaumont
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roger Corman, shot by Taylor Byars. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Herman Stein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ronald Sinclair shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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William Shatner and Frank Maxwell and Beverly Lunsford carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Roger Corman directs. Taylor Byars behind the camera. Herman Stein scores. Ronald Sinclair cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
364 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Roger Corman, shot by Taylor Byars. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Herman Stein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Ronald Sinclair shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8William Shatner and Frank Maxwell and Beverly Lunsford carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He Fed Their Fears And Turned Neighbor Against Neighbor!".
10IMDB entry: tt0055019 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 20 themes, including "based on novel or book", "ku klux klan", "racial segregation", "integration".

The technical file

Cinematography: Taylor Byars
Original score: Herman Stein
Editing: Ronald Sinclair
Makeup / hair: Glen Ault
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $90,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Intruder (1962)

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drystyx2023-04-03
★ 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 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.
r96sk2024-04-14
★ 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 onscreen of Frank Maxwell and Leo Gordon, Robert Emhardt plays a bad guy well too. The most eye-catching member of the cast is obviously William Shatner, in one of his earliest film roles. He puts in a positive showing, the character is certainly, erm, interesting and I'll remember him.