The Beguiled
“his love...or his life...”
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.
Genres
Thriller, Drama, War
Studio
Malpaso Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Beguiled performed
Budget
$475,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.1M
Gross Profit
$625,000
Return
2.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$176K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John McBurney
Clint Eastwood
John McBurney
Martha
Geraldine Page
Martha
Edwina
Elizabeth Hartman
Edwina
Carol
Jo Ann Harris
Carol
Doris
Darleen Carr
Doris
Hallie
Mae Mercer
Hallie
Amy
Pamelyn Ferdin
Amy
Abigail
Melody Thomas Scott
Abigail
Lizzie
Peggy Drier
Lizzie
Janie
Patricia Mattick
Janie
1st Confederate Captain
Charlie Briggs
1st Confederate Captain
Sam Jefferson
George Dunn
Sam Jefferson
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