The Beguiled

About The Beguiled

Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.

The Beguiled (1971) is a thriller war film directed by Don Siegel. The film is filed under slavery, american civil war, sexual awakening, and mississippi river.

Clint Eastwood takes the lead as John McBurney, Geraldine Page as Martha, Elizabeth Hartman as Edwina, and Jo Ann Harris as Carol. It runs 105 minutes and was released in January 1971.

The screenplay is by Albert Maltz and Claude Traverse. The story is adapted from a novel.

The Beguiled, Little Women, and Gone with the Wind make useful companions to The Beguiled, all filed under 19th century and girls' school. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 525 votes and it carries a R rating.