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The Beguiled (1971)

The Beguiled (1971)

Drama Thriller War

his love...or his life...

Release Date: 1971, January 23
Directors: Don Siegel
Countries: United States of America
Production: Malpaso Productions, Universal Pictures
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Bill Lee, Darleen Carr, Matt Clark, Mae Mercer, Melody Thomas Scott, Victor Izay, Geraldine Page, Charlie Briggs, Elizabeth Hartman, Patrick Culliton, George Dunn

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book slavery 19th century southern gothic american civil war mississippi river sexual awakening wounded soldier sexual repression girls' school seminary yankee