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

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Play Misty for Me | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Jay Cocks TIME Magazine 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 Full Review Play Misty for Me | Rotten Tomatoes (2) 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 Full Review Play Misty for Me | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Full Review Play Misty for Me | Rotten Tomatoes (4) 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 Full Review Play Misty for Me | Rotten Tomatoes (5) 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 Full Review Play Misty for Me | Rotten Tomatoes (6) 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Liam D Clint Eastwood (Highway Patrol, The Witches) directorial debut is an very stylish thriller that has a magnetic performance by Jessica Walter (Grand Prix, Flipper) Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review Mournes W Just watched this for the first time in my memory. Great movie and cast. Kept me on the edge of my armchair!Highly recommend. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Dani G This is just Clint Eastwood searching his ways as a director (his debut) Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Patrick C Just watched this for the first time tonight. Highly entertaining. It was getting near the end of the film and the unhinged Evelyn was still very much not on Dave's wavelength. I started fantasising about how Harry Callaghan would have dealt with the situation, and then THE ENDING! Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review 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 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/24 Full Review Les N Maybe I need to watch it again?????????????? Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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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

Producer
Robert Daley

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

Runtime
1h 42m
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