The Beguiled
– Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls..
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.
23 Jan 1971
English, French
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Don Siegel
Albert Maltz (screenplay), Irene Kamp (screenplay), Thomas Cullinan (from the novel by)
Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris
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.
Universal Pictures