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| PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| As a popular California disc jockey, Clint Eastwood character repeatedly receives on-air phone requests to "play Misty for me" from a sexy feminine voice. Intrigued by the caller, he soons meets the fetching fan in his favorite night spot and the two have an affair. But whe he wants to end the short-lived relationship, she only becomes more infatuated with him and violent towards his girlfriend. Quite suddenly, his life and love become the target for this psychotic's increasingly deadly campaign of terror. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clint Eastwood (David 'Dave' Garver), Jessica Walter (Evelyn Draper), Donna Mills (Tobie Williams), John Larch (Sgt. McCallum), Jack Ging (Frank Dewan), Irene Hervey (Madge Brenner), James McEachin (Al Monte), Clarice Taylor (Birdie), Don Siegel (Murphy), Duke Everts (Jay Jay), George Fargo (Man), Mervin W. Frates (Locksmith), Tim Frawley (Deputy Sheriff), Otis Kadani (Policeman), Brit Lind (Anjelica), Paul E. Lippman (Second Man), Jack Kosslyn (Cab Driver), Ginna Patterson (Madalyn), Malcolm Moran (Man in Window), Cannonball Adderly and His Quartet (Themselves, uncredited), Robert S. Holman (Policeman, uncredited), Johnny Otis (Himself, uncredited), Walter Spear (Policeman, uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood (The Bridges of Madison...). WRITERS: Jo Heims and Dean Riesner. PRODUCERS: Robert Daley and Jennings Lang. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Bob Larson. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Dee Barton. DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures. |
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| Evelyn: I did it because I LOVE YOU!!! | |||||||||||||||||||
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| "Superb, knocks the socks of Fatal Attraction." -- Andrew Burden, IAfrica.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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| "Terrific tale of romantic obsession that pre-dated Fatal Attraction." -- Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World | |||||||||||||||||||
| RELEASE DATE: November 12th, 1971 (USA) - Don Siegel plays the bartender, and directed Clint Eastwood (director this film) in Dirty Harry (1971) and several other projects. Eastwood also made his directorial debut with this film. - Set in Carmel, CA, where Eastwood lived and became mayor in 1986. - All filming was completed in 21 days. |
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| "As syrupy as it plays at times, it did spawn the genre of Obsessed Stalker movies, and showed the first signs that Eastwood could do more than act." -- Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium | |||||||||||||||||||
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