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.
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $1M
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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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Box Office & Release
The Beguiled returned 2.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $475,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Jan 23, 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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