Special Report · Film year 1962
The Intruder (1962)
- Special Guest
- Jason V. Brock
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Elric Kane, Chris Stachiw
Show notes
On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we're looking at the 1962 film from Roger Corman, The Intruder. The film stars William Shatner as Adam Cramer, a stranger who comes to the Southern town of Caxton, a town on the brink of school integration. Cramer is there to stop integration or, moreover, he’s there to stir up trouble.
The film was written by Charles Beaumont who based the screenplay on his own novel of the same name.
Elric Kane and Chris Stachiw (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss this remarkable and disturbing film that demonstrates how a demagogue can rise to power by stoking the fires of fear and hatred.
The film was written by Charles Beaumont who based the screenplay on his own novel of the same name.
Elric Kane and Chris Stachiw (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss this remarkable and disturbing film that demonstrates how a demagogue can rise to power by stoking the fires of fear and hatred.
Labels: Charles Beaumont Chris Stachiw Elric Kane Roger Corman Special Report WIlliam Shatner William F Nolan
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Music credits
- "Conscience" - Herman Stein
- "Guts" - Herman Stein
Links & resources
- Buy The Intruder on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Intruder by Charles Beaumont (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Visit Jasunni Productions (opens in a new tab)
- Visit Kulture Shocked (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to The Kolchak Tapes episode on The Norliss Tapes to hear William F. Nolan discuss his role in The Intruder (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (3)
lrobhubbard The Intruder was shot in SE Missouri, (Sikeston, to be precise), roughly 30 miles south of where I grew up. At the time of the movie, Sikeston was known to be the site of the local Klavern. So the background people, the locals - they're NOT acting.Will McIntyre Corman picked Sikeston for a reason. From Wiki: Sikeston was the site of the first lynching to occur in the United States since the onset of World War II. In the early hours of Sunday, January 25, 1942, a Black man named Cleo Wright was arrested on charges of allegedly assaulting a white woman. Upon resisting arrest, Wright was shot several times by a city night marshal. The local General Hospital refused to admit Wright for treatment of his injuries due to his race. Police initially brought the ailing Wright to his home to die, but later returned him to the city jail, where a white mob abducted Wright in the early afternoon and burned him alive in front of two Black church congregations. The lynching spurred the first ever federal investigation into a civil rights matter, though no indictments were made.
Anonymous I know you are a busy man but I would recommend watching this if you have the time. http://www.pbs.org/video/2365934009/