Play Misty For Me

1971 • 102 minutes
4.7
84 reviews
85%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with this contemporary thriller about psychotic obsession. Eastwood also takes the lead in the starring role as Dave Garver, a popular radio disc jockey who repeatedly receives on-air phone requests from a sexy female fan to 'play Misty for me'. When the woman, Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter), orchestrates a rendezvous with Dave at his favorite nightspot, the two begin a torrid affair. But when Dave decides to end the relationship, Evelyn's obsession turns to violence. Soon everything and everyone in Dave's life becomes a target for Evelyn's increasingly deadly campaign of terror. Beautifully photographed on location in Eastwood's hometown of Carmel, California, Play Misty for Me continues to be considered one of the great modern-day thrillers.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.7
84 reviews
Guy Z
August 22, 2017
Great thriller that many people don't know about it. It has it's moments of creepiness. This was Clint Eastwood's directorial debut and he did a good job with it. The only knock for me was that it dragged a bit in certain parts but really very well made. Eastwood is a brilliant director and you can see it even on his first movie.
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Sarah Bartko
February 22, 2014
This film's like a vacuum, it sucks you in, and it spits you out when it's all over. Intelligently written, exceptionally well directed; Eastwood's debut as director. A must for Clint fans, or anyone wanting to watch a good suspenseful shocker.
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Linda Austin
August 30, 2022
This movie came out in the seventies., It is now 2022 and I still to this day find "Play Misty for Me "...the scariest movie I have ever seen !
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