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Synopsis: Disc jockey Dave Garver attracts the amorous attentions of a demented fan named Evelyn Draper. Evelyn lets Dave pick her up at a bar; later at her apartment Evelyn admits that she is the cooing caller who repeatedly asks Dave to play the Erroll Garner classic "Misty." From then on, the film is a lesson in how one casual date can turn your whole life around. Evelyn stalks Dave everywhere, ruins his business lunch, assaults his maid, mutilates his house and all of his belongings, and finally threatens to butcher his girlfriend Tobie Williams. You'll never be able to hear that song again without looking over your shoulder.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Clint Eastwood
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
1971
102 min
335 Views


- Lf she phones.

- She will. Believe me.

But only if you're here.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

If it'll make you feel better, I'll go over

and check your girlfriend's house myself.

I'd sure appreciate that.

She lives on Spindrift Road.

I think it's the fourth or fifth house down.

- "Williams" is on the mailbox.

- Why don't you phone her?

- Okay.

- Tell her to be expecting me.

McCallum.

Thanks.

Public servant.

- Hello?

- Hi. I'm just checking in. You all right?

Marvelous.

I'm just getting ready to do my nails

and I got your program on.

And Annabel's in the kitchen

making a couple of coffee grogs.

What more could a girl ask for?

No, honey, everything's fine.

There's a Sgt. McCallum

that's gonna drop by for a second...

...to see if you've buttoned up all right.

Let him in, but nobody else.

Okay.

David, you want to play something

soft and dreamy for us?

You got it. Bye-bye.

'Bye, hon.

- Annabel, how's that stuff coming?

- Here's something soft and sentimental...

...for Tobie and Annabel.

Hope you like cinnamon in yours.

Whatever's right.

Annabel.

Good?

Too much.

- So is this.

- Thank you.

Just one thing. Do you mind?

No, be my guest.

The eyes are wrong.

David's are more...

How shall I say?

Colder.

I didn't know you knew David.

I didn't realize you and David...

...were friends.

Friends?

No, not friends.

Not friends.

God, you're dumb.

"Because this maiden

she lived with no other thought

"Than to love and be loved by you."

- Tobie?

- We're waiting for you, David.

This is Dave Garver with a little verse...

...a little talk and five hours of music...

...to be very, very nice to each other by.

Careful.

Careful.

I might put your eye out.

I'll bet David loves your eyes.

And your hair.

Does he run his fingers through your hair?

Have to get you all nice for David.

For David.

I hope he likes what he sees

when he walks in here...

...because that's what

he's taking to hell with him.

Miss Williams?

McCallum?

And now we have a pretty one

for lonely lovers on a cool, cool night.

It's the great Erroll Garner classic, Misty.

And this one is especially for Evelyn.

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Jo Heims

Joyce "Jo" Heims (January 15, 1930 – April 22, 1978) was an American screenwriter best known for her collaborations with actor-director Clint Eastwood. Born in Philadelphia, Heims moved out to the US west coast in early adulthood. She worked various jobs before starting a career writing for film and television during the 1960s. In addition to co-writing the story for Eastwood's role in Dirty Harry, Heims drafted the screenplay for Play Misty for Me, which served as Eastwood's own directorial debut in 1971. Heims continued to screenwrite throughout the decade before dying of breast cancer in 1978. more…

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