The Intruder
A charismatic "social reformer" rallies the White populace of a Southern town to oppose school integration, but he soon finds himself in a situation that he cannot control.
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"With 100 times the budget ($80K) of Roger Corman's The Intruder, lesser directors have created thousands of films with less than a hundredth of the intelligence, sensitivity, entertainment-value and raw power of this film. Charles Beaumont, the unfortunately short-lived author and screen-writer, was contracted to produce a screenplay from his novel (and appeared in the film as the beleaguered but morally just principal of a newly integrated school), a young but accomplished William Shatner was hired, and a few veteran character actors were brought on board. Most of the actors and crew wer..."
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After the film crew was thrown out of East Prairie, Missouri by the town's Chief of Police (for supposedly being "Communists"), the film's producer/director, Roger Corman, realized that he needed one more wide shot of the high school. He and an assistant went back into the town and hurriedly filmed the shot. The Chief of Police somehow must have found out that both of them were there, as he was seen by Corman driving up in the distance. Corman and his assistant quickly threw both the camera and the equipment into their car and just as quickly drove away in the opposite direction, unharmed.
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A charismatic "social reformer" rallies the White populace of a Southern town to oppose school integration, but he soon finds himself in a situation that he cannot control.