Movie
The Intruder
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-05-14
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Roger Corman Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- William Shatner as Adam Cramer
- Frank Maxwell as Tom McDaniel
- Beverly Lunsford as Ella McDaniel
- Robert Emhardt as Verne Shipman
- Leo Gordon as Sam Griffin
- Charles Barnes as Joey Greene
- Charles Beaumont as Mr. Paton
- Katherine Smith as Ruth McDaniel
- George Clayton Johnson as Phil West
- William F. Nolan as Bart Carey
- Phoebe Rowe as Mrs. Lambert
- Bo Dodd as Sheriff
Crew
- Roger Corman - Director
- Charles Beaumont - Writer
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