A brief fling between a late-night radio disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening turn when another woman enters the picture.
"The scream you hear may be your own!"
Top Billed Cast
Clint Eastwood
Dave
Jessica Walter
Evelyn
Donna Mills
Tobie
John Larch
Sgt. McCallum
Jack Ging
Frank
Irene Hervey
Madge
James McEachin
Al Monte
Clarice Taylor
Birdie
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2014-09-06
Well if you are going to play away Dave...
Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) is a late night disc jockey in Carmel, California. Whilst his girlfriend is out of town he meets and beds a fan named Evelyn (Jessica Walter) who turns out to be the mystery caller to his show who sexily requests the Errol Garner classic tune "Play Misty For Me". Thinking that his night of passion with Evelyn is purely a one off, he starts to become concerned as Evelyn refuses to leave him alone, and things are about to get very out of hand and become very disturbing for all involved.
This was Clint Eastwood's first ...
R r96skVerified TMDB Critic
2022-01-27
Not convinced it's necessarily a great film per se, but <em>'Play Misty for Me'</em> really does a very good at unsettling the viewer!
Jessica Walter is the sole reason for that. As good as Clint Eastwood is, as he makes his directorial debut, Walter gives a superb performance as the unnerving Evelyn Draper - one that'll live in the memory, for sure. Elsewhere on the cast, it's neat to see Don Siegel - one of Eastwood's long time collaborators - make a cameo.
I have some minor remarks about this, like the editing is a tad iffy in parts, but all in all nothing important. I'd recommend thi...
