Flashback: Clint and Don’s The Beguiled

Flashback: Clint and Don’s The Beguiled

As we have been celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Don and Clint’s Dirty Harry, I didn’t want us all to forget that it wasn’t their only film together of 1971. The Beguiled is also a wonderful movie. I remember when interviewing Lalo Schifrin (who also provided the score for The Beguiled), and him stating that he thought it was Don Siegel’s best. Clint was also a great admirer of the finished movie despite being disappointed by the way Universal chose to market the film. A great deal of the marketing appeared to have Clint holding a gun and thereby suggesting it was much more action orientated rather than simply a damn good drama. One of the poster campaigns (the French poster Les Proies, see above) and the Italian design especially, did not feature Clint holding a pistol – although an alternative French design did also appear with him holding a gun. In fact, The Beguiled was very well received in Europe. So in a small celebration and in remembering The Beguiled’s 50th Anniversary – I thought I would post the French set of 12 original Lobby cards. I have only just recently (and at last) purchased this set, so it is the first time they have been featured here on the Archive. I will of course also be posting them on The Beguiled’s dedicated page here.