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During the Civil War Union Corporal John McBurney (Clint Eastwood) is wounded and is discovered in the woods by a young girl from a school for women in Louisiana. With a broken leg he is nursed back to health with the help of the school owner Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page) as the rest of the women tend to him, fascinated by the close proximity of a full-grown man. McBurney is aware he is behind enemy lines and manages to charm the women into allowing him to stay, even going so far as to pretend he is a visiting southern officer. One of the teachers at the school, Edwina (Elizabeth Hartman) through her tending to McBurney falls in love with the man and the soldier manipulates the woman’s emotions convincing her that he loves her. McBurney also seduces Martha understanding that she misses her brother who helped her run the school and also held an unusual place as romantic partner. One of the older students Carol (Jo Ann Harris) approaches McBurney and openly shows her affections for him, and seeking new sensual experiences, convinces him to make love to her. When McBurney is discovered by the other women in Carol’s room they make a concerted effort to insure that the wounded soldier will not be allowed to return to Union Troops now occupying the southern territories of Louisiana. —IMDb

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Don Siegel

Donald Siegel (October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an influential American film director and producer. His name appeared in the credits of his films as both Don Siegel and Donald Siegel.

Born in Chicago, he graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge in England, and found work in Warner Bros. film library, rising to become head of the Montage Department, where he directed thousands of montages, including the opening montage for Casablanca. In 1945 two shorts he directed, Hitler Lives? and A Star in the Night, won Academy Awards, which launched his career as a feature director.

He directed whatever material came his way, often transcending the limitations of budget and script to produce interesting and adept works. He directed two episodes of The Twilight Zone, “The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross” and “Uncle Simon”. He worked with Elvis Presley and Dolores del Río in Flaming Star (1960), and with Steve McQueen in Hell… read more

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Th MZA

10Jun11

... aspires to Wiseau-level tasteless hijinks & Rocky Horror Picture Showability, but Eastwood's too laconic to be the butt of a sustained joke. The good girl's pretty, the bad girl's irritating, but no one here's charismatic enough to save this turd -- stuck 'tween his Leone youth and Dirty Harry's old man persona, Clint looks painfully self-aware. Turtle-throwing scene is instant unforgettable classic/masterpiece.

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Kyle Chiba

19Nov10

"Theres only one way to know if hes really a yankee. Take off his pants, yankees have tails."

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Pierluigi Puccini

7Sep10

Certainly the strangest association between Eastwood and Siegel, but also one of their best. A morbidly perverse cautionary tale, narrated with the pulse of a master. Its southern ghotic surroundings are as macabre as tantalizing.

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Charles Deckert

27Jul10

A different role for Eastwood and a very interesting film of women with complexities in dealing with him. Not a clean getaway, either. Maybe not as distinct or graphic as Antichrist but similar in it's conflict between man and woman, mind you not exactly the same story either.

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