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Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological horror thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. . The screenplay, written by regular Eastwood collaborators Jo Heims and Dean Riesner, follows a radio disc jockey (Eastwood) being stalked by an obsessed female fan (Walte
1971 The Beguiled: co-production with Jennings Lang Productions: Play Misty for Me: Clint Eastwood: Dirty Harry: Don Siegel: Warner Bros. Pictures: 1972 Joe Kidd: John Sturges: Universal Pictures: 1973 High Plains Drifter: Clint Eastwood: Breezy: Magnum Force: Ted Post: Warner Bros. Pictures: 1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot: Michael Cimino ...
Jessica Ann Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions.. In films, she was best known for her role as a psychotic and obsessed fan of a local disc jockey in the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller, Play Misty for Me.
Play Misty for Me (1971) For his directorial debut, Eastwood wisely steered clear of dusty horse operas and instead delivered this tense workout of a thriller about a late-night jazz-radio DJ with ...
He became a main cinematographer in 1971 with The Beguiled, Play Misty for Me, and Dirty Harry in which he worked as director of photography. Surtees was nominated for an Academy Award for his cinematography on Lenny (1974). He died in 2012 of complications from diabetes. [3] [4]
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 ...
The song was popularised by Roberta Flack in a version that became a breakout hit for the singer in 1971/1972, albeit as a sleeper hit more than three years after its original 1969 release on her album First Take, due to being included in Clint Eastwood's 1971 directorial film debut Play Misty for Me, ultimately topping the Billboard Year-End ...
Her next film role was as Minnie in Otto Preminger's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970). In 1971, she played Birdie in Clint Eastwood's Play Misty For Me, and appeared as Mrs McKay in Such Good Friends the same year. In 1973, she brought a role she had pioneered off-Broadway to film, playing Gladys Brooks in Five on the Black Hand Side.