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Play Misty for Me

The scream you hear may be your own!

1971 · 1h 42m · R Drama, Thriller
Directed by Clint Eastwood

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Overview

A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.

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All reviews
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh

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.

Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Fresh

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.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

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.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

A highly enjoyable thriller.

Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh

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.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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