Play Misty for Me

R

1971

1 hr. 42 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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85%

40 Reviews

Tomatometer

72%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Popular radio show host Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) becomes restless in his relationship with his girlfriend (Donna Mills). Impulsively, he goes out and sleeps with a woman (Jessica Walter) he meets at a nightclub. After the fact, he finds out she was not an anonymous hookup, but an obsessive fan who has called in repeatedly to request he play the song "Misty." Garver soon discovers extricating himself from the woman will be no easy feat as she becomes increasingly psychotic.

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Critics Consensus

A coolly calculating psychological thriller that manages to scare the audience even if it is just using textbook thrills.

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Brian O

Clint Eastwood's acting is as wooden as ever, the film belongs to Jessica Walter who is genuinely scary as the obsessed fan. A classic psychological thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/24

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Les N

Maybe I need to watch it again??????????????

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/17/23

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Eye C

Crazy chick in love with a naive DJ… soooo long ago…

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/23

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Logan M

Perhaps Eastwood's most disturbing film. It's a unique slice of horror that I'd highly recommend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/03/23

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Steve W

Originally, I watched this as a young man. A better perspective was gained by watching again as an adult. In spite of that, both consensu agree that lady was crazy! LOL. Misty is a decent thriller worth watching. Mostly because of Jessica Walter's convincing performance as Evelyn. It all revolves around her. She is like an insatiable parasite. Eastwoods character Daves lust gets the best of his judgement at a steep price.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/02/23

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Damian L

It was real thrilling and chilling

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/27/23

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Clint Eastwood

Director

Clint Eastwood

Dave

Jessica Walter

Evelyn

Donna Mills

Tobie

John Larch

Sgt. McCallum

Irene Hervey

Madge

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Play Misty for Me: Official Clip - Home Invasion

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Play Misty for Me: Official Clip - Fighting Evelyn

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Play Misty for Me: Official Clip - Suicide Attempt

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Play Misty for Me: Official Clip - I'm Misty

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Jay Cocks

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Eastwood displays a vigorous talent for sequences of violence and tension. He has obviously seen Psycho and Repulsion more than once, but those are excellent texts and he has learned his lessons passing well.

Aug 30, 2009

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Variety Staff

Variety

For that 80% of the film which constitutes the story, the structure and dialog create a mood of nervous terror which the other 20% nearly blows away.

Apr 8, 2008

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Clint Eastwood wisely chose a strong, simple thriller for his first film as a director, and the project is remarkable in its self-effacing dedication to getting the craft right.

Apr 8, 2008

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

While it’s hardly (Eastwood's) best directed film, you get good tastes of the filmmaker he would become all throughout “Misty”.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 9, 2023

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Sean Burns

Crooked Marquee

Look, if you’re an up-and-coming actor directing a film for the first and possibly last time, why wouldn’t you devote 4.2% of the total running time to Donna Mills having sex with you under a waterfall?

Jan 28, 2023

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

The sexual politics may be terribly dated, and its portrayal of mental illness typically inaccurate, but there is a solid, old-fashioned potboiler at work here.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 28, 2021

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Synopsis

Popular radio show host Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) becomes restless in his relationship with his girlfriend (Donna Mills). Impulsively, he goes out and sleeps with a woman (Jessica Walter) he meets at a nightclub. After the fact, he finds out she was not an anonymous hookup, but an obsessive fan who has called in repeatedly to request he play the song "Misty." Garver soon discovers extricating himself from the woman will be no easy feat as she becomes increasingly psychotic.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Jo Heims, Dean Riesner
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Malpaso Company
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015

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