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This bizarre Gothic Western, made the year before Clint Eastwood's equally eerie PLAY MISTY FOR ME, makes one wonder what was happening in the actor's personal life during this period. Set in the Deep South during the Civil War, the film stars Eastwood as John McBurney, a severely wounded soldier who is near death when .. Read more

Starring	Geraldine Page
Director	Don Siegel
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- Combining the conventions of both Western and Grand Guignol chiller, and often directed as if it were an art movie,... read more on Time Out
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  beguiling
  
  offbeat,but engrossing eastman film,well worth renting.
  
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  - troon,scotland
  - 21 Jun 2006 at 16:00
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  - 0
  Clint's history lesson
  
  Tensions from the civl war outside school grounds mix with sexual tensions within. Together with Play Misty For Me, this shows what Eastwood could do if given ... read more »
  
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- - NDG
  - 128 reviews
  - Oxfordshire
  - 20 Jul 2010 at 03:27
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  - 2
  Not one of their best
  
  Both Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood have made much better films than this. It is all just too unbelievable.
  
  A dirty old man's dream. An injured ... read more »
  
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- - MichaelKenward
  - 25 reviews
  - Staplefield, Sussex
  - 06 Jul 2009 at 19:22
- - 2
  - 1
  beguiling
  
  offbeat,but engrossing eastman film,well worth renting.
  
  Report this review
- 256729
- - david campbell
  - troon,scotland
  - 21 Jun 2006 at 16:00
- - 1
  - 0
  School for thought
  
  Change of direction, slightly, for Clint. In this film he plays the part of a wounded Northern soldier whom is looked after in a Southern School for Ladies. ... read more »
  
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- - Ray
  - Silsden, Wst Yorkshire
  - 11 Jan 2006 at 20:58
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- - 2
  - 1
  beguiling
  
  offbeat,but engrossing eastman film,well worth renting.
  
  Report this review
- 256729
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - david campbell
  - troon,scotland
  - 21 Jun 2006 at 16:00
- - 1
  - 0
  School for thought
  
  Change of direction, slightly, for Clint. In this film he plays the part of a wounded Northern soldier whom is looked after in a Southern School for Ladies. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 192792
- - Ray
  - Silsden, Wst Yorkshire
  - 11 Jan 2006 at 20:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Clint's history lesson
  
  Tensions from the civl war outside school grounds mix with sexual tensions within. Together with Play Misty For Me, this shows what Eastwood could do if given ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 906764
- - NDG
  - 128 reviews
  - Oxfordshire
  - 20 Jul 2010 at 03:27
- - 0
  - 2
  Not one of their best
  
  Both Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood have made much better films than this. It is all just too unbelievable.
  
  A dirty old man's dream. An injured ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 780472
- - MichaelKenward
  - 25 reviews
  - Staplefield, Sussex
  - 06 Jul 2009 at 19:22

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  This bizarre Gothic Western, made the year before Clint Eastwood's equally eerie PLAY MISTY FOR ME, makes one wonder what was happening in the actor's personal life during this period. Set in the Deep South during the Civil War, the film stars Eastwood as John McBurney, a severely wounded soldier ...