An interesting film by Roger Corman touching upon the social struggle of black people in a small (fictional) all-white Missouri town in the early 1960s. STAR TREK's own William Shatner is pretty powerful playing a seemingly peaceful traveling representative of the Patrick Henry Society who, in reality, is a bigot who's opposed to desegregation and then tries to rile up the racist citizens against the blacks, through a series of dishonorable ploys and schemes. It's a very strong film about prejudice and would rate easily as one of Roger Corman's best pieces of work, though it's often forgotten and seldom-seen.
*** out of ****
*** out of ****