On this day in movie history - Play Misty for Me (1971 movie & novel):

Play Misty for Me

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Jo Heims and Dean Riesner,

based on a story by Jo Heims,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1971.
Music by Dee Barton.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Irene Hervey, James McEachin, Clarice Taylor, Don Siegel, Duke Everts, George Fargo, Mervin W. Frates, Tim Frawley, Otis Kadani, Britt Lind, Paul E. Lippman, Jack Kosslyn, Ginna Patterson, Malcolm Moran, Cannonball Adderley, Boyd Cabeen, Barbara Chrysler, Don Hamilton, William J. Hanzelka, Robert S. Holman, Johnny Otis, James Rodriguez, Walter Scott, Walter Spear, William Tomlinson.

Recommended reading:

Play Misty for Me

By Paul J. Gillette.

Novelization of the movie Play Misty for Me (1971), directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Jo Heims and Dean Riesner, based on a story by Jo Heims.

Published by Star Books.

Published 1978.

ISBN-10: 0352302739

ISBN-13: 9780352302731

Description:

A Hitchcockian psychological thriller. – Evening Standard.

The trap is baited …

A beautiful, lonely, possessive girl; a successful, popular disc-jockey.

The trap is set …

A night of casual lust – no complications, no strings attached.

The trap begins to close …

Jealousy and revenge boil over in a nightmare of terror.

On this day in movie history - High Plains Drifter (1973):

High Plains Drifter

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Ernest Tidyman and Dean Riesner,

was released in the United States on April 7, 1973.
Music by Dee Barton.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch, Ted Hartley, Billy Curtis, Geoffrey Lewis, Scott Walker, Walter Barnes, Paul Brinegar, Richard Bull, Robert Donner, John Hillerman, Anthony James, William O'Connell, John Quade, Jane Aull, Dan Vadis, Reid Cruickshanks, Jim Gosa, Jack Kosslyn, Russ McCubbin, Belle Mitchell, John Mitchum, Carl Pitti, Chuck Waters, Buddy Van Horn, Jimmie Booth, Alex Tinne.