Wait Until Dark

1967
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1h 48m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark (1967)

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A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

35K

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 nominations total

The Old Man
(uncredited)

Mel Ferrer

French-Canadian Radio Speaker
(voice)
(uncredited)

Packy McFarland

Passerbye
(uncredited)

Gary Morgan

Teenage Boy on Street
(uncredited)

Frank O'Brien

Shatner
(uncredited)

Bill Walters

BG with Dog
(uncredited)

Director
- Terence Young
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Trivia
In an interview, Alan Arkin talked about the Oscar nominations he received for his early major film roles (The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)). When asked if he was surprised that he was overlooked for Wait Until Dark, his second movie, he replied: "You don't get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn!"

Goofs
When the two men first enter Susy's apartment, the second one says "What are you calling for? She said she wasn't here." But his lips don't move.

Quotes
Susy Hendrix: Gloria?
Gloria: Yeah?
Susy Hendrix: How would you like to do something difficult and terribly dangerous?
Gloria: I'd love it!

Crazy credits
The end credits show each character with the performer's credit; Alan Arkin is shown three times, including once in each disguise.

Connections
Featured in Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Soundtracks
Wait Until Dark
Music by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Sue Raney

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8/10

Leaping Loungerooms!

Never in my life have I ever seen 800 people fly off their seas like I did the night I saw WAIT UNTIL DARK at the cinema in 1970. And I was up there with them. Moaning away in shock. Screaming! (and I don't scream) ............In the run up to the final 20 mins the cinema management slammed the foyer doors, switched off all the aisle lights one by one all around the cinema, and turned up the volume; ripples of creepiness washed over the audience....and then....whammo! The noise from the audience, the screaming and the shifting about in our seats.....I haven't heard shocked noises like that in a cinema since. Do yourself a BIG favour...........get the DVD and watch this at home, by yourself, in total darkness! You will scream your head off and tell everyone you know what a great thriller this is.