Play Misty for Me
Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills costar. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton. In the film, Eastwood plays the role of a radio jockey being stalked by an obsessed female fan.
A casual romance begins between Dave and Evelyn. But before long, Evelyn begins to display symptoms of severe borderline personality disorder. She begins by showing up at Daves house uninvited. She also begins stalking him by following Dave from his home to workplace at all hours of the day and night. Evelyn becomes more possessive by phoning Dave all the time as well as demanding that he keep her company and not leave her alone for a single minute. The final straw comes when the insanely jealous Evelyn disrupts a business meeting, mistaking Daves lunch companion a representative who has come to offer him a career opportunity for his date.Despite his efforts to gradually and gently sever ties with Evelyn, she feels abandoned, lonely and angry. Her unbalanced feelings eventually lead her to attempt suicide in his home when she slashes her own wrists. After Dave rejects her again after she recovers, Evelyn breaks into his home, where his housekeeper, Birdie Clarice Taylor, finds her maniacally vandalizing his possessions. Evelyn stabs her with a knife and is subsequently committed to a psychiatric hospital. ........
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