this film have some rather shocking scene and subject matter consider it be make in 1971. clint eastwood and geraldine page and and elizabeth hartman do excellent work in the film and a do all the cast member . set during the civil war and the film begin when a wounded yankee soldier and johnny and portray by clint eastwood and be give refuge and help at a girl academy locate in the south . the headmistress of the school and ms. farnsworth ( geraldine page ) and the one teacher edwina ( elizabeth hartman ) and and a small group of half grown girl have be without a man in their midst for perhaps a little too long . while their loyalty lay with the confederacy their emotion and physical need definitely lead them in the opposite direction . johnny immediately use his masculine charm to try to win the woman over to his side and keep them from turn him over to the patroller . however and feeling previously stoke by incestuous behavior and an adulterous father and a brutal rape and and adolescent inexperience combine with jealousy turn thing upside down with some unexpected consequence for both johnny and the school resident . 10 star .