Rent Play Misty for Me (1971)
3.5 of 5 from 120 ratings
1h 38min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A laid-back jazz DJ (Clint Eastwood), with a taste for good-looking cars and women, enjoys what he thinks is a one night stand with an attractive brunette (Jessica Walter) who admits she's one of his biggest fans. But the one night becomes a recurring nightmare as she pursues him relentlessly, turning his carefree existence into a living hell that threatens to destroy everything that matters to him.
- Actors:
- Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Irene Hervey, James McEachin, Clarice Taylor, Don Siegel, Duke Everts, George Fargo, Mervin W. Frates, Tim Frawley, Otis Kadani, Britt Lind, Paul E. Lippman, Jack Kosslyn, Ginna Patterson, Malcolm Moran, Cannonball Adderley
- Directors:
- Clint Eastwood
- Producers:
- Robert Daley, Jennings Lang
- Writers:
- Jo Heims, Dean Riesner
- Aka:
- Obsesión mortal
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Clint Eastwood, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films About Radio: Rock to Rap, Top Films, What We Were Watching in 1971
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/09/2016
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese DTS 2.0 Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS 2.0 Mono, German DTS 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS 2.0 Mono, Japanese DTS 2.0 Mono, Latin American Spanish DTS 2.0 Mono, Russian DTS 2.0 Mono, Spanish DTS 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Play Misty for Me
A casual fling and what it brings - Play Misty for Me review by PT
Clint is a DJ at a local radio station who has a quick fling with a fan. Jessica Walter is not happy with a one night stand and tries to become better acquainted, with normal courtship tactics to start, progressing to insane psychopathic measures when Clint rejects her advances. Of course he's got a steady girl whom he wishes to keep his infidelity from, which further complicate the relentless advances of the mental case Walter.
Great performance from Clint and Jessica Water.
If you liked the more modern Fatal Attraction, this film is for you.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Dial M for Misty - Play Misty for Me review by griggs
Play Misty for Me is a very, very good directorial debut from Clint Eastwood—sharp, stylish, and impressively restrained. You can spot the fingerprints of his mentors throughout: Siegel's clean, unfussy editing and Leone's eye for a striking frame. But Eastwood keeps things more grounded and intimate. The real draw, though, is Jessica Walter. She's electric—vulnerable, seductive, terrifying—and the whole film hinges on her.
Eastwood's radio DJ mostly reacts to the chaos she brings, but it fits the material. The tension builds steadily, with a Roberta Flack montage offering a deceptively tranquil breather before things kick off again.
While it taps into the familiar "unstable woman" trope—this was doing the whole Fatal Attraction thing before it had a name—it does so with more atmosphere than cheap thrills. There's a psychological edge here that elevates it.
It's not quite a great film, but it's a tight, creepy, and well-crafted thriller. A rock-solid start to Eastwood's directing career—and a reminder of just how good Jessica Walter was.
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