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The Beguiled

Year:

1971

Duration:

105 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller | War

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Don Siegel

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1971-05-28

Filming Locations: Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Patricia Mattick

Melody Thomas Scott

Clint Eastwood

John McBurney

Geraldine Page

Martha

Elizabeth Hartman

Edwina

Jo Ann Harris

Carol

Darleen Carr

Doris

Mae Mercer

Hallie

Pamelyn Ferdin

Amy

Peggy Drier

Lizzie

Charlie Briggs

1st Confederate Captain (as Charles Briggs)

George Dunn

Sam Jefferson

Charles Martin

2nd Confederate Captain

Matt Clark

Scrogins

Patrick Culliton

Miles Farnswoth

Buddy Van Horn

Soldier (as Wayne 'Buddy' Van Horn)

Randy Brown

Confederate Sergeant (uncredited)

Victor Izay

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Bill Lee

Singer (uncredited)

Jim Malinda

Wade (uncredited)

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Trivia

During the making of this film, Clint Eastwood directed his very first film, a behind the scenes look at his director Don Siegel at work called The Beguiled: The Storyteller (1971).

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Other titles contemplated by Universal Pictures were "Pussy-footing Down at the Old Plantation" and "On One I Walked".

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Don Siegel's favorite of all his films.

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Goofs

Edwina sings a couple of lines from the gospel song "In the Garden," which wasn't written until 1912, more than 50 years after the time of the story.

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When McB is playing cards the deck has both the pictures (hearts, spades, etc) and the number in the corner. They didn't put #s on cards until 1864 and it was extremely rare to see a deck with them until 20-30 years after the war

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In the opening scene (c. 3 minutes) the little girl doesn't actually pick the mushrooms, she just gathers up previously picked (and very clean) fungi by their cups. To pick a mushroom in the wild one must grasp it at the bottom of the stem or use a knife. Picking a mushroom by grasping the cup would break it in two.

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Quotes

Hallie: Miss Martha said I should shave you. But I ain't so sure.

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Martha Farnsworth: If the pain gets too great, I'll ask Hallie to bring you some (wine).

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Hallie: Mr. Yankee, there was enough iron in your leg to shoe a horse!

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