The Beguiled

Jan 23, 1971

1h 45m

★ 7.1

One man... seven women... in a strange house!

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.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

War

Production Companies

Malpaso Productions

Universal Pictures

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Cast

John McBurney

Clint Eastwood

Martha

Geraldine Page

Edwina

Elizabeth Hartman

Carol

Jo Ann Harris

Doris

Darleen Carr

Hallie

Mae Mercer

Amy

Pamelyn Ferdin

Abigail

Melody Thomas Scott

Lizzie

Peggy Drier

Janie

Patricia Mattick

1st Confederate Captain

Charlie Briggs

Sam Jefferson

George Dunn

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