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Overview

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Director:
Terence Young
Writers:
Frederick Knott (play)
Robert Carrington (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 October 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
A blind woman plays a deadly game of survival more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:X (original rating) | UK:12 (re-rating) (2005) | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (re-rating) | Australia:M | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Canada:14A (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #21531) | New Zealand:M | West Germany:18 (nf) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1968) | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG

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Trivia:
As a way to get people to see the movie, the filmmakers made a print ad and cautionary trailer that read: 'During the last eight minutes of this picture the theatre will be darkened to the legal limit, to heighten the terror of the breathtaking climax which takes place in nearly total darkness on the screen. If there are sections where smoking is permitted, those patrons are respectfully requested not to jar the effect by lighting up during this sequence. And of course, no one will be seated at this time.' It worked and the film became a huge success because of it. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the two men first enter Suzy's apartment, the second one says "What are you calling for? She said she wasn't here." But his lips don't move. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Lisa: Come on Louis, come on!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004) more
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Leaping Loungerooms!, 22 February 2004
8/10
Author: ptb-8 from Australia

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.

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