The Beguiled
The Beguiled
The Beguiled
Directed by:
Don SiegelCinematography:
Bruce SurteesComposer:
Lalo SchifrinCast:
Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, Darleen Carr, Pamelyn Ferdin, Mae Mercer, Patricia Mattick, Buddy Van Horn, Matt Clark (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
During the Civil War a wounded Union soldier is sheltered by the headmistress and students of a girls' academy in the South. As his health returns his desire increases, but can he trust these enemy women not to turn him in? He takes his chances but soon realizes that his benefactress can't be trusted...with his love or with his life! His lustful ambition turns quickly against him and the story follows him through a series of nerve-shattering events. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
I feel that (although there are many to choose from) McB is Clint Eastwood's best role. A dramatic role, definitely. He gave a tremendous performance, thanks to which the viewer does not know what to think of his character from the beginning to the end. Is he a lying manipulator? Or a charming wounded soldier giving out grateful smiles and plagued by a kind of war trauma? Or are things completely different? Thanks to all the similarly unpredictable women, the atmosphere in that cut-off house gets thicker and thicker and anything can happen. Don't seek to know more about the plot than necessary and let yourself be surprised. There is a lot to come.
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