The Beguiled (1971)

★ 7.0 1h 45m 497 votes IMDb
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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

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Cast

Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood as John McBurney Age 96 · San Francisco, California, USA Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is a retired American film actor, director, producer, composer, and former politician. Following his breakthrough role on the TV series "Rawhide" (1959...
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page as Martha Died 1987 · Kirksville, Missouri, USA Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an American actress. She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major Hollywood films and television productions, garnering an...
Elizabeth Hartman
Elizabeth Hartman as Edwina Died 1987 · Youngstown, Ohio, USA Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress. She was best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, o...
Jo Ann Harris
Jo Ann Harris as Carol Age 77 · Los Angeles, California, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jo Ann Harris (born on May 27, 1949) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles, California she is known for her role in the film The Beguiled as the sultry 17...
Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr as Doris Age 75 · Chicago, Illinois, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. She is also known as Darlene Carr or Darleen Drake. She has two sisters...
Mae Mercer
Mae Mercer as Hallie Died 2008 Mae Mercer (June 12, 1932 – October 29, 2008) was an American blues singer and actress. She was born in the Temperance Hall community of Edgecombe County. Mercer lived in North Carolina through age 1...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 7/10 Jan 14, 2022
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.

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