The Beguiled

~his love...or his life...

Overview

Offbeat 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.

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General Information

Release Date: 1971-01-23
Budget: $475000
Revenue: $1100000
Runtime: 105 min

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