The Beguiled (1971 film)

The Beguiled
Directed byDon Siegel
Screenplay by
  • Albert Maltz (as John B. Sherry)
  • Irene Kamp (as Grimes Grice)
Based onThe Beguiled
by Thomas P. Cullinan
Produced byDon Siegel
Starring
CinematographyBruce Surtees
Edited byCarl Pingitore
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 28, 1971 (1971-05-28)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million[1]

The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally titled A Painted Devil. The film marks the third of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, following Coogan's Bluff (1968) and Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), and continuing with Dirty Harry (1971) and Escape from Alcatraz (1979).[2]

  1. ^ Box Office Information for The Beguiled. Archived November 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Beguiled". Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.