Clint Eastwood plays an injured Northern soldier during the Civil War who is rescued by a student at a Southern boarding school, which is exclusively female. Though scared of him at first, the soldier's charms start to work on the lonely and isolated women, even the headmistress(Geraldine Page). However, things take a dark turn when Southern soldiers come to stay, and the soldier starts to get better, resulting in romance and jealousy that threaten to tear the school apart, especially when unpleasant secrets are revealed...
Though atmospherically directed, and believably acted, this over baked melodrama ultimately unravels, since there are few(if any) people to root for and involve the viewer, and the dark(though arguably deserved) ending makes the whole film feel pointless. Might have worked as an episode of the "Night Gallery" TV series, but just misses as a feature.
Though atmospherically directed, and believably acted, this over baked melodrama ultimately unravels, since there are few(if any) people to root for and involve the viewer, and the dark(though arguably deserved) ending makes the whole film feel pointless. Might have worked as an episode of the "Night Gallery" TV series, but just misses as a feature.