The man who helped put American International Pictures on the map with some low rent schlock eventually graduated to directing more distinguished fare, but always with a focus on the bottom line.

Occasionally, he drifted into the vicinity of film noir, primarily for his contrbutions as a writer or co-writer of two films, "Highway Dragnet" and "The Fast and the Furious." The former film is remembered for its location shooting at the Salton Sea.

Some people rank "The Intruder" as belonging to the film noir genre, but I see it more as a drama.

For the last several decades of his life, Corman, who had quit directing, returned to his roots as the producer of exploitation movies.