Clint Eastwood in the 1970s would be widely screened in France later and is considered one of Eastwood's finest works by the French. According to Eastwood and Lang, the film, aside from being poorly publicized, flopped due to Clint being "emasculated in the film". Eastwood said about his role: 1971 was a professional turning point in Eastwood's career. Before his professional financial adviser and president of Malpaso Productions Irving Leonard died, the last film they discussed was "Play Misty for Me". The goal was to give Eastwood the artistic control that he desired and make it his directorial debut. The rights to the song "Misty"
Clint Eastwood in the 1970s who became a long-time collaborator of Eastwood, was inspired by the 1966 novel by Thomas P. Cullinan. He gave the book to Eastwood, who read the book about a wounded Union soldier held captive by the sexually repressed matron of a southern girls' school in one night. This was the first of several films where Eastwood has agreed to storylines where he is the center of female attention, including minors. The film received major recognition in France, and was proposed by Pierre Rissient to the Cannes Film Festival, and while agreed to by Eastwood and Siegel, the producers declined. It