The Beguiled

United States, 1970

Film
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A wounded Union soldier is discovered by a young student from a crumbling Louisiana girls’ school during the Civil War. The academy takes their prize in and cares for him, and the cunning, mysterious soldier uses the all-female situation to coolly play off each of his captors to his own advantage. This carefully manuoevred sexual powderkeg finally explodes and the film spirals downwards into a pit of released repression and psychological horror. Stars Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. Based on the novel by Thomas Cullinan.

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Credits

producer/director

Don Siegel

production company

Malpaso Productions

Universal Pictures

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

305939

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q727890

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