The Beguiled (1971) 1080p w/Eng softsubs

Drama | Thriller | War | USA | 105min | Director: Don Siegel Cast: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, Darleen Carr, Mae Mercer, Pamelyn Ferdin, Melody Thomas Scott, Peggy Drier, Patricia Mattick Based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel, director Don Siegel’s excellent and unusual drama casts Clint Eastwood as John McBurney, a wounded Union soldier who gets nursed back to health at a remote all-girls school in the Civil War South. Nearly all of the females, from the middle-aged headmistress (Geraldine Page) to the precocious preteen (Pamelyn Ferdin), are drawn to the male in their midst, leading to jealousy, mistrust and violence. Eastwood shines in a rare non-heroic role — his character is blessed with the ability to compliment, cajole and con at will, but he’s fundamentally rotten underneath — while Page and Elizabeth Hartman (as a teacher who falls hard for McBurney) are similarly superb.