Play Misty for Me
“The scream you hear may be your own!”
A brief fling between a late-night radio disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening turn when another woman enters the picture.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Play Misty for Me performed
Budget
$725,000
Worldwide Gross
$10.6M
Gross Profit
$9.9M
Return
14.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Dave
Clint Eastwood
Dave
Evelyn
Jessica Walter
Evelyn
Tobie
Donna Mills
Tobie
Sgt. McCallum
John Larch
Sgt. McCallum
Frank
Jack Ging
Frank
Madge
Irene Hervey
Madge
Al Monte
James McEachin
Al Monte
Birdie
Clarice Taylor
Birdie
Murphy
Don Siegel
Murphy
Jay Jay
Duke Everts
Jay Jay
Man
George Fargo
Man
Locksmith
Mervin W. Frates
Locksmith
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