Wait Until Dark
1967 · Movie · NR · 108 min · ★ 7.3 · 89% critics
A man unknowingly brings home a doll that criminals desperately want back, and their search leads them to his apartment. With him away, his blind wife is left alone to face a tense battle of deception and survival as the intruders close in and she tries to outthink them.
Based on Wait Until Dark
Also known as Seule dans la nuit
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Details
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-10-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (599 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, apartment-set thriller built on fear, deception, and a vulnerable hero fighting back; Not for you if you dislike slow setups or implausible plotting, even like The Birds or Jaws.
Pros: nerve-racking suspense; strong central performance; tense final stretch | Cons: slow early pacing; some plot holes; villains feel exaggerated
Themes
- police
- photographer
- heroin
- search
- murder
- neighbor
- doll
- blindness
- blind woman
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1968 · nominated
Cast & crew
Audrey Hepburn
as Susy Hendrix
Alan Arkin
as Roat / Roat Jr. / Roat Sr.
Richard Crenna
as Mike Talman
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Sam Hendrix
Jack Weston
as Carlino
Samantha Jones
as Lisa
- JH
Julie Herrod
as Gloria
Robby Benson
as Boy Tossing Ball (uncredited)
Mel Ferrer
as French-Canadian Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Gary Morgan
as Teenage Boy on Street (uncredited)
Directed by Terence Young