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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| Audrey Hepburn | ... | Susy Hendrix | |
| Alan Arkin | ... | Roat / Roat Jr. / Roat Sr. | |
| Richard Crenna | ... | Mike Talman | |
| Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | ... | Sam Hendrix | |
| Jack Weston | ... | Carlino | |
| Samantha Jones | ... | Lisa | |
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Julie Herrod | ... | Gloria |
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Susy was recently blinded and recently married. Susy's husband, Sam, is asked to hold a doll for a woman he doesn't know as they get off an airplane. The woman disappears. Later, she's found dead by her former associates, Mike and Carlino, small-time hoods, in Susy's basement apartment. (Both occupants of the apartment are then absent.) The doll woman's newer partner in crime, Harry Rote, who murdered her for self-dealing, presses Mike and Carlino into a scheme to recover the doll, which contains a fortune in smuggled heroin. After disposing of the body, the thugs return while Susy is present to continue their search. They assume Susy's blindness will enable them to search her apartment under her very nose for the doll. In Sam's absence, Mike pretends to be an old friend of Sam's, while the three together spin for Susy a story of a murder investigation of her husband from which only the finding of the missing doll can save him. Rote is a predator, and his stalking of Susy becomes ever... Written by Morganalee
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psychopath | blind woman | attempted rape | new york city | hit by a car |Taglines:
Audrey Hepburn, the role you're going to remember, whenever you're alone. See more »Parents Guide:
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26 October 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Music by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Sue Raney
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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!" See more »Goofs
Visible on the left side of the screen as Sam comes down the stairs through the apartment near the end of the movie. See more »Crazy Credits
The end credits show each character with the performer's credit; Alan Arkin is shown three times, including once in each disguise. See more »Soundtracks
Wait Until DarkMusic by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Sue Raney
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Recently blinded woman is unwittingly in possession of a doll filled with drugs. A very mean narcotics dealer concocts an elaborate scheme to trick her into handing it over to him. A great psychological thriller with a twist- the audience knows exactly what's happening but gets to watch the heroine try to figure it out. There's almost no explicit violence in this movie, yet there's an underlying current of foreboding and suspense that literally permeates the entire film. You know something very bad is going to happen.Alan Arkin gives the performance of a lifetime as the cool, calm, collected psychopath who truly enjoys hurting people. And Audrey Hepburn is incredibly beautiful. You could pluck her out of this movie, clothes and all, and stick her in the toniest 90's club in New York and she'd still be the height of fashion.
There's a great `shocking' ending that really doesn't make much sense- but it's still a really good sixties movie.