the beguile be a pretty satisfying film for those who be after the thing above . for clint eastwood die hard fan and it will be a disappointment . although eastwood do his best here in his so atypical role ( except for the fact that his character be a charming womanizer and which he isn not so unacquainted with ) and the ambiguous nature of his character and which go from be a sort of fall hero to a manipulative and insatiable woman eater ( to put it that way ) will eventually be too much to handle for anyone use to see him play hero in the best western tradition and morally a bit unclean but still without that dark side . i think he manage to pull this unlikely part off and but those who really steal the show be the two rivalising woman and the schoolmistress geraldine page and the head of the student and play by elizabeth hartman . we see that there be a potential devil in every man and a potential witch in every woman and especially when it come to sexuality and sexual desire . hartman edwina be the sweet and most innocent girl in the world until she become infatuated with john mcburney and become possessive of him . this be what cause tragedy and as well a the headmistress secret lust and the forbidden fruit . she carry a great and ugly secret about her incestuous relationship with her brother and whom she clearly idolize still . the fourth factor in this unholy love spiral be the wicked carol and play by jo ann harris and who lure john away from his crush on edwina and into her bed . the whole nature of the story give this film a sort of gothic feel and which make it a pretty rare thing in the western genre and but a popular thing in the movie of the 70 . a unique achievement by the siegel or eastwood team and a movie not for the faint hearted .