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.
Release Date: 1962-05-14
Budget: $90000
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 84 min
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