The Beguiled (1971) 7.1
While imprisoned in a Confederate girls boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts. Director:Don Siegel |
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The Beguiled (1971) 7.1
While imprisoned in a Confederate girls boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts. Director:Don Siegel |
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| Clint Eastwood | ... | ||
| Geraldine Page | ... |
Martha
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| Elizabeth Hartman | ... |
Edwina
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| Jo Ann Harris | ... |
Carol
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Darleen Carr | ... |
Doris
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Mae Mercer | ... |
Hallie
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Pamelyn Ferdin | ... |
Amy
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| Melody Thomas Scott | ... |
Abigail
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Peggy Drier | ... |
Lizzie
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Patricia Mattick | ... |
Janie
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Charlie Briggs | ... |
1st Confederate Captain
(as Charles Briggs)
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George Dunn | ... |
Sam Jefferson
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Charles Martin | ... |
2nd Confederate Captain
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| Matt Clark | ... |
Scrogins
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Patrick Culliton | ... |
Miles Farnswoth
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During the civil war, injured Yankee soldier, John McBurney is rescued on the verge of death by a teenage girl from a southern boarding school. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first the all-female staff and pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one by one he charms them and the atmosphere becomes filled with jealousy and deceit. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Clever psychosexual drama about a wounded Union soldier (Clint Eastwood) who seeks refuge in an isolated Confederate school for young women during the Civil War. Slowly, Eastwood begins to seduce every girl in sight, until the tables are turned and he becomes the pursued in an unsettling, gothic-toned finale. Never has a film been so deliciously erotic yet disturbingly macabre at the same time.
This is undoubtedly Eastwood's finest hour (those who tune in for "Dirty Harry" will indeed be surprised), while the rest of the cast gives uniformly superb performances. Try to see the film on video, as television prints usually delete crucial flashback scenes between Geraldine Page and Patrick Culliton.