The Beguiled
“his love...or his life...”
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.
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Cast
19 people
Clint Eastwood
John McBurney
Known for
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Geraldine Page
Martha
Known for
The Rescuers
Interiors
Elizabeth Hartman
Edwina
Known for
The Secret of NIMH
Walking Tall
Jo Ann Harris
Carol
Known for
The Parallax View
Darleen Carr
Doris
Known for
The Jungle Book
Piranha
Mae Mercer
Hallie
Known for
Dirty Harry
Frogs
Pamelyn Ferdin
Amy
Known for
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
The Toolbox Murders
Melody Thomas Scott
Abigail
Known for
The Young and the Restless
Piranha
Peggy Drier
Lizzie
Also in
Emergency!
Patricia Mattick
Janie
Known for
Ransom for a Dead Man
Charlie Briggs
1st Confederate Captain
Known for
Charley Varrick
The Absent-Minded Professor
George Dunn
Sam Jefferson
Known for
A Woman Under the Influence
Operation Petticoat
Don Siegel Director · Albert Maltz Screenplay Irene Kamp Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $475K · United States release March 31, 1971
Box office
Budget
$475,000
Worldwide gross
$1,100,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Malpaso Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Finland · January 23, 1971
Physical
United States · March 31, 1971
Theatrical
France
August 18, 1971 · Theatrical
Germany
July 20, 1973 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 12, 1972 · Theatrical
Italy
January 23, 1971 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 23, 1971 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 18, 2003 · TV · V8
January 2, 2006 · Physical · DVD
August 6, 2014 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
January 23, 1971 · Theatrical
Poland
March 19, 1973 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 13, 1971 · Theatrical · Originally rated (X)
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