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Wait Until Dark
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Wait Until Dark is a 1967 American crime, drama, and horror film directed by Terence Young and produced by Mel Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Frederick Knott, based on his own work. The film features Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Henry Mancini composed the score, while Charles Lang served as director of photography and Gene Milford as editor.
Released on October 26, 1967, the movie has a runtime of 108 minutes. It was distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts and produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The narrative is set in New York City and is presented in English. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
The production had a budget of 4,000,000 and generated revenue of 11,000,000. It holds a review score of 8/10, 81/100, and 96%, with an IMDb rating of 7.7 and a TMDb vote average of 7.338. The tagline describes the plot as a blind woman playing a deadly game of survival. Keywords associated with the film include police, photographer, heroin, search, and murder.
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7.3After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- police
- photographer
- heroin
- search
- murder
- neighbor
- doll
- blindness
- blind woman
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Terence Young
- Screenplay by
- Robert Carrington Jane-Howard Carrington
- Based on
- Wait Until Dark , by Frederick Knott
- Produced by
- Mel Ferrer
- Starring
- Audrey Hepburn Alan Arkin Richard Crenna Jack Weston Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang
- Edited by
- Gene Milford
- Music by
- Henry Mancini
- Production company
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- Release date
- October 26, 1967 ( 1967-10-26 )
- Running time
- 108 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $17.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Wait Until Dark
- Director
- Terence Young
- Cast member
- Robby Benson
- Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Producer
- Mel Ferrer
- Cinematographer
- Charles Lang
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 238181
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1967-01-01
- film editor
- Gene Milford
- title
- Wait Until Dark
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 96%
- Commons category
- Wait Until Dark (film)
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Encyclopedic overview
Wait Until Dark is a 1967 American psychological thriller film made by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna. The picture was directed by Terence Young and produced by Mel Ferrer, from a screenplay by Robert Carrington and Jane-Howard Carrington based on the 1966 play by Frederick Knott. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Jack Weston appear in supporting roles.
Hepburn earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her performance, while Zimbalist was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. The film is ranked number 55 on the American Film Institute's 2001 "100 Years...100 Thrills" list, and its climax is ranked tenth on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
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