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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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Article · 中文
《盲女驚魂記》（英語：Wait Until Dark）是一部1967年美國驚悚犯罪片，由執導，奥黛丽·赫本和主演，改編自1966年百老匯的同名舞臺劇，劇作家為曾寫過《電話謀殺案》的。 劇情講述一群歹徒計畫將毒品藏於洋娃娃中，並試圖運送來美國，而盲女蘇西的丈夫卻陰錯陽差的將玩偶帶回家，歹徒們便開始假扮多種身分試圖騙取蘇西的信任，隨著時間的經過，蘇西也開始懷疑這群人的身份，而歹徒的手段也變得越來越激進，甚至不惜痛下殺手。 奥黛丽·赫本也憑藉蘇西一角，獲得第五次也是最後一次的奧斯卡金像獎提名。
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