Shame Movie Review 1961

Strangely unsuccessful low-budget Corman effort, starring pre-"Star Trek" Shatner as a freelance bigot who travels around Missouri stirring up opposition to desegregation. Moralistic and topical but still powerful. Adapted from the equally excellent novel by Charles Beaumont. Uses location filming superbly to render a sense of everydayness and authenticity.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 84 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

Charles Beaumont

Cast

William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Jeanne Cooper, Robert Emhardt, Leo Gordon, Charles Beaumont, Beverly Lunsford, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson

Cinematography

Taylor Byars

Director

Roger Corman

Music

Herman Stein

Other

Ronald Sinclair