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The Beguiled

The Beguiled

  • Status: Released
  • 23-01-1971
  • Runtime: 105 min
  • Score: 7
  • Vote count: 457

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.

Clint Eastwood

John McBurney

Geraldine Page

Martha

Elizabeth Hartman

Edwina

Jo Ann Harris

Carol

Darleen Carr

Doris

Mae Mercer

Hallie

Pamelyn Ferdin

Amy

Melody Thomas Scott

Abigail

Peggy Drier

Lizzie

Patricia Mattick

Janie

Charlie Briggs

1st Confederate Captain

George Dunn

Sam Jefferson

Charles G. Martin

2nd Confederate Captain

Matt Clark

Scrogins

Patrick Culliton

Miles Farnswoth

Buddy Van Horn

Soldier

Victor Izay

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Jim Malinda

Wade (uncredited)

Bill Lee

Singer (uncredited)

Jim Malinda

Confederate Sergeant (uncredited)

r96sk

Undeniably creepy. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about <em>'The Beguiled'</em>, though. It's definitely one of the more bizarre films that I've seen, intentionally so of course. I'm just not convinced if it's a good film though, it does do a grand job at making the viewer feel uncomfortable but beyond that I'm not sold. Take out the oddness and there's not much there, I feel. With that said, it undoubtedly leaves an imprint and does what it intends to so I guess it levels out to be something worth watching. Clint Eastwood gives an almost eerily convincing performance, while those behind him are all solid - with the standouts, to me, being Geraldine Page and Mae Mercer. It's certainly 'out there', you gotta give it that. Overall I have mixed feelings, but I am leaning closer to positive than negative.