The Beguiled

Director: Don Siegel Don Siegel

Overview

"The Beguiled is a Freudian mood piece from the team of actor Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel. Eastwood plays Corp. John McBurney, a wounded Union soldier during the Civil War, who takes refuge in a prim-and-proper Southern girl's school run by Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page). Chauvinistic, insensitive and conceited, McBurney takes full advantage of the women by bedding each successively -- and then learns the true meaning of ""a woman scorned."""

Product Details

Release Date:	07/22/1998
UPC:	0025192023828
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[monaural, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	18,145

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clint Eastwood	John McBurney
Geraldine Page	Martha
Elizabeth Hartman	Edwina
Jo Ann Harris	Carol
Darleen Carr	Doris
Mae Mercer	Hallie
Pamelyn Ferdin	Amy
Melody Thomas Scott	Abigail(as Melody Thomas)
Peggy Drier	Lizzie
Patricia Mattick	Janie(as Pattye Mattick)
Charlie Briggs	1st Confederate Captain(as Charles Briggs)
George Dunn	Sam Jefferson
Charles G. Martin	2nd Confederate Captain(as Charles Martin),Actor
Patrick Culliton	Miles Farnswoth
Buddy Van Horn	Soldier

Technical Credits

Grimes Grice

Albert Maltz

Don Siegel	Director,Producer
Julian Blaustein	Executive Producer
Clint Eastwood	Executive Producer
Jennings Lang	Executive Producer
Grimes Grice	Screenwriter
Waldon Watson	Sound/Sound Designer
John L. Mack	Sound/Sound Designer
Albert Maltz	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

One of the few interesting attempts to mix the Western and horror genres, this Civil War Gothic was directed by action specialist Don Siegel (Dirty Harry). Clint Eastwood stars as a wounded Yankee soldier who seeks refuge in an all-girl's school in the South. The tension gets pretty thick as the girls want him to stay as their sex-toy, and headmistress Geraldine Page hacks off his leg in a gruesome amputation sequence. It's not a typical Eastwood movie, but fans of atmospheric chills should seek it out. Pamelyn Ferdin is one of the girls, and went on to play Eastwood's role as helpless prisoner in the infamous Toolbox Murders.