The Beguiled

1971 • 105 minutes

About this movie

Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page star in this tense psychological drama of love and betrayal. 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, including realistic scenes that are among the boldest, most shocking ever witnessed on film. Directed by Don Siegel, with a sultry score by Lalo Schifrin, this bittersweet thriller of hidden passions is set in one of America's romantic eras.

Ratings and reviews

As always Mr. Clint Eastwood delivers, in my opinion he is one of the greatest actors, writers, and producers in the entertainment business. This movie had everything action, romance and sapience. I will be watching it again and recommending it to my friends.

Eons better than the new Sofia Coppola film. The original was rife with tension, subtlety and complexity. Painful watching the 2017 version after seeing the classic

Themes of true female nature, and feminism, laid "bare" is as current NOW, as then! The real "ENEMY" IS female nature - same thing could have happened IF Clint was a Confederate soldier! These crazy women would have still kept him as their "prisoner!"