it take me year to finally catch this gem of a film and it be worth the wait . in nearly all of his film clint always play the hero . be it hero and anti hero or avenge hero . in this film he be pure villain and he play it well . a a wounded union soldier he be bring into a confederate girl school by the student and teacher to heal . soon after he begin to seduce the lady no matter their age and some be quite young . he also play upon their jealousy and pit them against each other . in the end you be never so happy to see clint die a terrible death . that be what make this film such a gem . clint have never do any other film like it and after see this film you wish he have . he play the role of the villain so well it will make you wonder why he never do any more film like it . it also explain why the film be not see very often . most people do not want to see clint a the villain and with dirty harry be release shortly after this film it have become a hidden gem . if you be a clint eastwood fan you owe it to yourself to see this film . you might not like what you will see but you would not soon forget it .