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The Beguiled is a 1971 American film directed by Don Siegel, who also served as producer. The screenplay was written by Albert Maltz and Thomas Cullinan, with cinematography by Bruce Surtees and production design by Ted Haworth. The cast includes Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, and Jo Ann Harris. The film was produced by Malpaso Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.
The movie is categorized as an erotic thriller, drama, and LGBTQ-related film, with additional genre labels of drama, thriller, and war. Its narrative keywords include slavery, sexual repression, sexual awakening, and the Mississippi River. The original language is English, and the runtime is 105 minutes. The budget was 475,000, resulting in a revenue of 1,100,000. The score was composed by Lalo Schifrin.
Critical reception includes a review score of 7.2/10, 90%, and 66/100. Audience ratings show a vote average of 7.037 and an IMDb rating of 7.1. The film was released on January 23, March 8, March 31, and April 22, 1971. A derivative work shares the same title. The tagline for the film is "his love...or his life...".
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Film · TMDB
7.0Offbeat 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.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as John McBurney
- Geraldine Page as Martha
- Elizabeth Hartman as Edwina
- Jo Ann Harris as Carol
- Darleen Carr as Doris
- Mae Mercer as Hallie
Themes
- based on novel or book
- mississippi river
- slavery
- sexual repression
- sexual awakening
- seminary
- american civil war
- wounded soldier
- yankee
- 19th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Screenwriter
- Thomas Cullinan
- Cast member
- George Dunn
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- Don Siegel
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Cinematographer
- Bruce Surtees
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 842394
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- publication date
- 1975-05-15
- title
- The Beguiled
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- production designer
- Ted Haworth
- derivative work
- The Beguiled
- review score
- 66/100
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