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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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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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blind woman | home invasion | blind protagonist | run over by a car | psychopath |Taglines:
The blinds moving up and down. . .the squeaking shoes. . .and then the knife whistling past her ear. . . See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 October 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Warte, bis es dunkel ist See more »Edit
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Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$17,550,741Company Credits
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Music by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Sue Raney
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Lee Remick was nominated for the 1966 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "Wait Until Dark". See more »Goofs
When Susy grabs her knife, she turns around. In the next wide shot, she is facing forward again. 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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In "Wait Until Dark", I really felt sorry for Audrey Hepburn's Susy Hendrix: blind, lied to by a 'nice' guy who is actually in cahoots with a murderer, sassed by the bespectacled neighbor girl, and then--after a hellish night spent being terrorized by thugs--husband Efrem Zimbalist Jr. walks in and doesn't even give her a hand. "I'm over here, Susy", he tells her, mildly condescending. Film is based on Frederick Knott's popular play, and has an elaborate but obtuse set-up involving a missing doll filled with heroin. There's a great deal of talk about where it is, who had it last, etc. The filmmakers bide their time before getting to the showdown between Hepburn and Alan Arkin, cool and collected as a self-assured psychopath. If you can make it through the first half-hour or so, you'll find that "Wait Until Dark" gets cooking thereafter. There are some terrific jolts, and Hepburn is a great, stubborn fighter. The frosty, subdued color photography is 'realistic' and very stylish, as is Henry Mancini's spooky music. The end-credits theme song (by Mancini, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans) seems a throwaway, but is nicely sung by the uncredited Sue Raney. *** from ****