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 Wait Until Dark 

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 Wait Until Dark 
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Wait Until Dark (1967) is a suspense-thriller film directed by Terence Young and produced by Mel Ferrer. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a young blind woman, Alan Arkin as a violent criminal searching for some drugs, and Richard Crenna as another criminal, supported by Jack Weston, Julie Herrod, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. The screenplay by Robert Carrington and Jane-Howard Carrington is based on the stage play of the same name by Frederick Knott.

Hepburn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (losing to Katharine Hepburn), and Zimbalist was nominated for a Golden Globe in the supporting category. The film is ranked #55 on AFI's 2001 100 Years…100 Thrills list, and its climax is ranked tenth on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

In an effort to duplicate the suspense on screen in the climactic scene, movie theaters dimmed their lights to their legal limits, then turned them off one by one until each light on-screen was shattered, resulting in the theater being plunged into complete darkness.


Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:31 am
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One of my favorite thrillers. Audrey Hepburn impressively essays a resourceful blind woman and Alan Arkin is uber creepy. Also, the climax where he leaps onto her from out of frame is still jolting.


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**1/2 / ***** (C-)

I don't know why but this movie wasted at least half a dozen twists by introducing the viewers early on everything that the Hepburn character does not know. I think it would be immensely more thrilling and chilling if we were finding out stuff along with her.

Also the last act when Hepburn is fighting them off is pretty bad.


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