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The Beguiled ()

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While recuperating in a Confederate girls' boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.
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John McBurney
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Martha
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Edwina
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Carol
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Doris
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Hallie
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Amy
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Abigail (as Melody Thomas)
Peggy Drier ...
Lizzie
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Janie (as Pattye Mattick)
Charlie Briggs ...
1st Confederate Captain (as Charles Briggs)
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Sam Jefferson
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2nd Confederate Captain (as Charles Martin)
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Scrogins
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Miles Farnswoth
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Soldier (as Wayne 'Buddy' Van Horn)
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Randy Brown ...
Confederate Sergeant (uncredited)
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Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Bill Lee ...
Singer (uncredited)
Jim Malinda ...
Wade (uncredited)

Directed by

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Don Siegel ... (as Donald Siegel)

Written by

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Albert Maltz ... (screenplay) (as John B. Sherry) and
Irene Kamp ... (screenplay) (as Grimes Grice)
 
Thomas Cullinan ... (from the novel by)
 
Claude Traverse ... (rewrite) (uncredited)

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Julian Blaustein ... executive producer (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood ... executive producer (uncredited)
Jennings Lang ... executive producer
Don Siegel ... producer (as Donald Siegel)
Claude Traverse ... associate producer

Music by

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Lalo Schifrin

Cinematography by

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Bruce Surtees ... director of photography

Editing by

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Carl Pingitore

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Robert J. LaSanka ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Ted Haworth

Art Direction by

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Alexander Golitzen

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John P. Austin ... (as John Austin)

Costume Design by

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Helen Colvig

Makeup Department

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Larry Germain ... hair stylist
Bud Westmore ... makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Gae Clark Butler ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Michael Germain ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Kaye Pownall ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Frank Westmore ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Marvin G. Westmore ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Joseph C. Cavalier ... unit production manager (as Joe Cavalier)
Burt Astor ... production manager (uncredited)
Charles Clement ... post production operations head (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Burt Astor ... assistant director
Joseph C. Cavalier ... second unit director (as Joe Cavalier)
Brad H. Aronson ... assistant director (uncredited)
William A. Morrison ... assistant director trainee (uncredited)

Art Department

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Alex Alvarez ... leadman (uncredited)
John W. Corso ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Bill Cowan ... greensman (uncredited)
Forest Rankin ... props (uncredited)
Julius Rosenkrantz ... props (uncredited)
Ward Welton ... painter (uncredited)

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John L. Mack ... sound (as John Mack)
Waldon O. Watson ... sound
William Griffith ... recordist (uncredited)
Al Marsh ... mike man (uncredited)

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Jack DeBron ... special effects (uncredited)

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Buddy Van Horn ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt double (uncredited)

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John L. Black ... grip (uncredited)
Jim Coe ... still photographer (uncredited)
Gene Griffith ... crane crew (uncredited)
Jim Hoover ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
John Hovanesak ... best boy (uncredited)
Earl Kennedy ... gaffer (uncredited)
Al Martino ... camera mechanic (uncredited)
Russell McCarthy ... generator operator (uncredited)
Steve Rez ... grip (uncredited)
Steve Rez ... key grip (uncredited)
Billy Simpson ... crane crew (uncredited)
Frank Stanley ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Richard Tim Vanik ... camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Sylvia Summers ... casting secretary (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Carol Christie ... wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Neva Rames ... wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Glenn Wright ... wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Music Department

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Larry Bunker ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Lalo Schifrin ... conductor (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)

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Ray Quiroz ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Hayden D. Anglin ... driver (uncredited)
Mel Bingham ... driver captain (uncredited)
Jim Masoner ... driver (uncredited)
Ardie McLaughlin ... driver (uncredited)
Art Rimdzius ... driver (uncredited)
Jack Scott ... driver (uncredited)
Jean Spray ... driver: Titan crane (uncredited)

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Scott Hale ... dialogue coach
Cecelia Burrows ... secretary: Mr. Siegel (uncredited)
Jack Casey ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Hank Guzman ... auditor (uncredited)
Connie Izay ... first aid (uncredited)
Carol Rydall ... secretary: Mr. Eastwood (uncredited)
Jerry Sailor ... projectionist (uncredited)
Dominic Santarone ... caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone ... caterer (uncredited)
Jean Seaman ... welfare worker (uncredited)
Danny Young ... timekeeper (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

As the costly American Civil War still rages on, a twelve-year-old student of the forgotten Miss Martha Farnsworth's Seminary for Young Ladies in warm and humid Louisiana stumbles upon a gravely wounded Union soldier, Corporal John McBurney. Taken in to recover from his injuries, before long, McBurney will find himself imprisoned in a small room inside the mansion. Little by little, the seductive but unwanted guest tries to take advantage of the female inhabitants' wartime-subdued desires; however, is McBurney really in control over the situation? Written by Nick Riganas

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Taglines Who is really the captor and who the captive? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les proies (France)
  • Betrogen (Germany)
  • El seductor (Spain)
  • Les proies (Canada, French title)
  • El engaño (Argentina)
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  • 105 min
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Trivia Clint Eastwood and Jo Ann Harris had an affair that continued well after they made the movie. See more »
Goofs When McBurney is playing cards, the deck has both the symbols (hearts, spades, etc) and the number in the corner. Numbers were not printed on cards until 1864 and it was extremely rare to see a deck with them until 20-30 years after the war. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Eastwood on Eastwood (1997). See more »
Soundtracks Dove She is a Pretty Bird See more »
Quotes Hallie: Miss Martha said I should shave you. But I ain't so sure.
[examining his face]
Hallie: I don't think the Lord want a man's face all smooth like a baby's bottom. That's why he gave him whiskers. Might be a sin to shave that group off.
Cpl. John McBurney: [huskily] Then don't do it. Sinning oughta be saved for *much* more important things!
Hallie: I better shave you! Miss Martha give me my orders. Not de Lord. And even without whiskers, you wouldn't look half bad - for a white man.
[laughs]
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