Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills
Cool talking, Californian all-night DJ, Dave Garver, is stalked by a crazed fan who repeatedly calls in to request the Erroll Garner classic, Misty.
DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001
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Flixster Reviews (491)
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September 23, 2009A great little thriller and the first film directed by Clint Eastwood. I imagine quite powerful in its day, one of the first obsessive, stalker thrillers. No doubt encouraged the likes of Fatal attraction and countless others.
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September 9, 2009jessica walter plays a nut-nut-coo-coo scarily well... another good clint direction
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May 26, 2009WARNING: THE FOLLOWING TEXT CONTAINS VULGARITY
Fuck the awful "Fatal Attraction", an overrated, misogynistic piece of shit, this is a real deal-- Eastwood's "Play Misty for Me" is, I dare to say, his best work, right along with "Unforgiven" and "High Plains Drifter".
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April 26, 2009In the early 70's Clint Eastwood was very anxious to direct a movie of his own and the producers gave him the opportunity to do so with one simple condition: he wouldn't be receiving a paycheck from his work. Eastwood accepted this offer eagerly, directed "Play Misty for me" and ...( read more)
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March 18, 2009Actors always want to be directors. It seems to be a right of passage that every actor seems to think that they can do a better job than the guy behind the camera. Clint Eastwood seemed to be one of those actors and in 1971 Universal allowed Clint Eastwood to take a crack at dire...( read more)
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July 22, 2009Watched on TV. Perhaps it's a result of my job but nothing new to be found here. In it's day, this film was probably a terrifying look at stalking (Criminal Harassment as we call it here in Canada). Now, it's just old. Nothing here would shock those living in the new millennium.
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July 12, 2009I went back and watched this one again and found that I still dig this movie today as much as I did the first time I saw it! Working in the radio business, it kinda scary how real this story can become if you let it.
Critic Reviews
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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March 18, 2007Clint Eastwoods character sleeps with a woman he meets,expecting just a one nighter-she first begins to stalk him then becomes rather insane-as a guy I got a rather uncomfortable feeling thinking about those girls I used that way...
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