Play Misty For Me
Popular radio show host Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) becomes restless in his relationship with his girlfriend (Donna Mills). But his brief fling with an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when his girlfriend enters the picture.
26 October 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 January 1941, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 December 1921, Vallejo, California, USA
11 July 1909, Venice, California, USA
28 September 1928, New Douglas, Madison County, Illinois, USA
28 December 1920, New London, Connecticut, USA
20 May 1930, Rennert, North Carolina, USA
31 May 1930, San Francisco, California, USA
11 December 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 September 1917, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
30 November 1931, Alva, Oklahoma, USA
20 July 1940, Blythe, California, USA
13 July 1930, Illinois, USA
26 September 1945, Sauda, Norway
March 14, 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
4 October 1914, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
April 08, 2008
The star chose to cut his teeth on this small-scale movie, and the result -- although inevitably dated by its terrible clothes and period ambience -- stands up well but only as good late night television viewing.
April 08, 2008
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.
May 21, 2003
I think the fault lies with Clint Eastwood the director, who has made too many easy decisions about events, about the management of atmosphere, about the treatment of performances.
April 08, 2008
Much of the credit must go to Jessica Walter for her outstanding performance which somehow manages to be chilling while at the same time sympathetic.
March 15, 2010
Clint Eastwood's first film as a director, and first investigation into the anxiety at the root of the Eastwood persona
August 30, 2009
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.
April 08, 2008
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.
July 30, 2009
Eastwood's camera is rarely misplaced, and he shows a talent for the thriller genre worthy of a comparison to Hitchcock.
April 09, 2007
Clint's direction is sometimes shaky but usually assured, and he gets a bold performance from Jessica Walter.
October 23, 2004
There is no purpose to a suspense thriller, I suppose, except to involve us, scare us, to give us moments of vicarious terror. Play Misty for Me does that with an almost cruel efficiency.
August 24, 2007
Eastwood's imperfect debut movie is a thiller full of personality and zest.
February 09, 2006
A highly enjoyable thriller.
