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Clint Eastwood, 4-movie thriller collection

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Clint Eastwood, 4-movie thriller collection

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Clint Eastwood has established himself as a Hollywood icon by creating memorable characters and directing enduring movies. This collection showcases a diverse selection of some of his most intense screen appearances ever. Featuring two action thrillers, Coogan's Bluff; and The Eiger Sanction; and two psychological thrillers, Play Misty for Me; and The Beguiled. These films highlight the diversity of Eastwood's talent and is also notable for including his directorial debutCoogan's bluff: "Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Coogan, a soft-spoken, straightforward, Arizona lawman who is sent to New York City to extradite captured murderer James Ringerman (Don Stroud). Coogan slips up, Ringerman escapes again, and the hunt is on!"--Publisher's websiteThe beguiled: "During the Civil War, a wounded Union soldier is sheltered by the headmistress and students of a girls' academy in the South. As his health returns his desire increases, but can he trust these enemy women not to turn him in?"--Publisher's websitePlay Misty for me: "Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with this contemporary thriller about psychotic obsession. Eastwood also takes the lead in the starring role as Dave Garver, a popular radio disc jockey who repeatedly receives on-air phone requests from a sexy female fan to "play Misty for me". When the woman, Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter), orchestrates a rendezvous with Dave at his favorite nightspot, the two begin a torrid affair. But when Dave decides to end the relationship, Evelyn's obsession turns to violence. Soon everything and everyone in Dave's life becomes a target for Evelyn's increasingly deadly campaign of terror."--Publisher's websiteThe Eiger sanction: "Hemlock, a retired professional assassin (Eastwood), who has turned toward the calmer pursuit of art collecting, is suddenly forced out of retirement to hunt a deadly double agent who murdered a close friend."--Publisher's website

4 Clint Eastwood thrillers: Coogan's bluff (1968, 95 min., color) / Universal presents ; screenplay by Herman Miller, Dean Reisner and Harold Rodman ; story by Herman Mille ; produced and directed by Don Siegel ; a Universal-Malpaso Company picture -- The beguiled (1971, 105 min.) / a Jennings Lang production ; a Malpaso Company presentation ; screenplay by John B. Sherry and Grimes Grice ; produced and directed by Don Diegel ; a Universal-Malpaso Company picture -- Play Misty for me (1971, 103 min.) / a Jennings Lang presentation ; a Malpaso Company production ; screenplay by Jo Heims and Dean Risener ; story by Jo Heims ; produced by Robert Daley ; directed by Clint Eastwood ; a Universal-Malpaso Company picture -- The Eiger sanction (1971, 129 min.) / a Malpaso Company film ; screenplay by Hal Dresner, Warren B. Murphy, Rod Whittaker ; produced by Robert Daley ; directed by Clint Eastwood ; a Jennings Lang presentation ; a Universal-Malpaso Company picture

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