That was an excellent one.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is probably Roger Corman's best film, totally different from all his other ones, more in the vein of Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet in its mercilessly straight realism without any compromise. There has been made other Ku Klux Klan films but none so forceful as this one, although there is hardly any bloodshed, while the others all concentrate on violence and exaggerations missing the point on the way by overdoing it, while this is straight to the point all the way. It is ruthless realism at its best, and the actors are all marvellously true and convincing, like also the music couldn't have been made better to suit the drama. I never admired Roger Corman before, but now I must permanently hold him in awe, even if this film was the only truly serious one he ever made.

It is very little wonder that the Roger Corman production of 'The Intruder' is a very rarely seen 1962 film about integration in the South. The usually affable William Shatner plays a prototype David Duke character, he's even seen cavorting with KKK members in their motorcades.The dialog is full of words certainly too 'offensive' by today's PC standards. The dreaded 'n' word is repeated countless times. Along with 'jigs' and 'coons', the dialogue, though 'offensive' to today's ultra-hip millennials, is gritty and real for its time. I would suggest that 'The Intruder' is a very honest, hard-hitting film, where 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is sentimental and romantic. (I am quite aware that 'Mockingbird' is on so many people's 'favorite' lists. Excuse me.)Personally, I think this no holds barred story about the days of school integration is totally believable and I'm impressed with the fine screenplay of Charles Beaumont, who is more famously noted for his brilliant short stories and 'Twilight Zone' scripts. He has a small role towards the end of the film. As far as our beloved 'PC' world, the internet is a valuable tool for finding films of this ilk. For all I know, the movie may be available on DVD. But I personally had never heard of the title, and I'm familiar with much of Beaumont's and Shatner's work.It doesn't have a happy ending. Why would it?

I had recently seen shame(aka:the intruder,aka;i hate your guts)and must say i believe its one of Roger Cormans best movies ever,it tackles a very controversial subject,integration in the south during the sixties,well Mr.Shatner plays this racist who goes from town to town stirring up trouble,being a real jerk,i would say being a hate monger,that would make Adolf Hitler proud,i always hear stories that Roger Corman lost money on this film,it flopped.and he blamed William Shatner,which explains why he never cast shatner in any more of his films,well Shatner in a few years from this movie would go on to play Capt Kirk on Star Trek,in 1966,shame is however very well made and realistic,too much use of racial slurs but i guess that makes it what it is.the other actors in shame would go on to play in other Corman films like the haunted palace and other films.i am a big fan of Roger Corman films although he had a few bad ones like carnosaur and the sequels.but this one is one of his best films.10 out of 10

The Intruder was Roger Corman's attempt to be topical and socially significant in 1962 with the Civil Rights movement. The man should have stuck to what he knew best, be entertaining.That's sad because The Intruder had some possibilities and William Shatner wasted a great performance as a racist demagogue. FOr those who want to see Captain Kirk before he became the noble explorer of where no man had gone before, this is your chance. Shatner's anything, but noble in The Intruder.The film is in a small town in the deep south which is finally going to be integrating its schools as per the Supreme Court. Shatner comes to town and starts to whip up the latent sullen racism underneath the town's surface. He recruits leading citizen Robert Emhardt to his cause, but newspaper editor Frank Maxwell is not such an easy sell. Maxwell has a daughter about to enter high school herself so the impending racial crisis hits him right at home.Shatner's also stirring a little domestic crisis of his own by moving in on Leo Gordon's nymphomaniac wife Jeanne Cooper while Leo the salesman is on a business trip. I guess Corman figured if civil rights didn't bring them in at the box office a little infidelity and a steamy sex scene never fails.Well it did fail actually, but mainly because of a muddled script, some unbelievable characters and a bad ending I won't reveal lest people be tempted to see Captain Kirk. I'm still trying to figure out whether Shatner was an advance man for the John Birch Society or the Christian Crusade of Reverend Billy James Hargis. His Patrick Henry Society which he represents in the film seems an amalgam of both.Unless you're determined, this is one film of William Shatner's that beat be left unexplored.