Wait Until Dark (1967)
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- Approved
- 1h 48min
- Thriller
- 26 Oct 1967 (Canada)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Audrey Hepburn | ... |
Susy Hendrix
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Alan Arkin | ... |
Roat / Roat Jr. / Roat Sr.
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Richard Crenna | ... |
Mike Talman
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | ... |
Sam Hendrix
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Jack Weston | ... |
Carlino
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Samantha Jones | ... |
Lisa
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Julie Herrod | ... |
Gloria
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Robby Benson | ... |
Boy Tossing Ball (uncredited)
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Jean Del Val | ... |
The Old Man (uncredited)
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Mel Ferrer | ... |
French-Canadian Radio Speaker (uncredited) (voice)
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Packy McFarland | ... |
Passerbye (uncredited)
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Gary Morgan | ... |
Teenage Boy on Street (uncredited)
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Frank O'Brien | ... |
Shatner (uncredited)
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Bill Walters | ... |
BG with Dog (uncredited)
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Directed by
Terence Young |
Written by
Frederick Knott | ... | (based on the play by) |
Robert Carrington | ... | (screenplay) & |
Jane-Howard Hammerstein | ... | (screenplay) (as Jane-Howard Carrington) |
Produced by
Mel Ferrer | ... | producer |
Music by
Henry Mancini |
Cinematography by
Charles Lang | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Gene Milford |
Art Direction by
George Jenkins |
Set Decoration by
George James Hopkins |
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau | ... | makeup supervisor |
Jean Burt Reilly | ... | supervising hair stylist |
Production Management
Russell Llewellyn | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Aldworth | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
John Barton | ... | assistant property master (uncredited) |
Craig Binkley | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Frank L. Brown | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Bill Gold | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
Don Miller | ... | assistant property master (uncredited) |
Ward Preston | ... | set designer (uncredited) |
Tyrus Wong | ... | art department (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Everett A. Hughes | ... | sound (as Everett Hughes) |
Stunts
Carey Loftin | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Glenn R. Wilder | ... | stunt double (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
George Gordon Nogle | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
Laurindo Almeida | ... | musician: guitar (uncredited) |
Robert Bain | ... | musician: guitar (uncredited) |
Ray Brown | ... | musician: bass (uncredited) |
Caesar Giovannini | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Jack Hayes | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Artie Kane | ... | musician: piano and organ (uncredited) |
Pearl Kaufman | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
George Korngold | ... | music editor (uncredited) |
Virginia Majewski | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
Henry Mancini | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Shelly Manne | ... | musician: drums (uncredited) |
Muzzy Marcellino | ... | musician: whistling (uncredited) |
Richard Nash | ... | musician: trombone (uncredited) |
Ted Nash | ... | musician: woodwinds (uncredited) |
Jimmy Rowles | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Bud Shank | ... | musician: woodwinds (uncredited) |
Jack Sheldon | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Leo Shuken | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Raymond Turner | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Dan Wallin | ... | music scoring mixer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Doris DeHerdt | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Crayton Smith | ... | script supervisor trainee (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Fred Coe | ... | produced on the New York stage by |
Wayne Fitzgerald | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts (1967) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts (1967) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Warner-Pathé Distributors (1968) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner-Tonefilm (1968) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1968) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1968) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Damaskinos-Mihailidis (DM) [gr] (1968) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1968) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1968) (India) (theatrical)
- CBS (1972) (United States) (tv)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (1977) (West Germany) (tv)
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (1979) (Belgium) (tv) (RTBF1) (French speaking region)
- Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) (1981) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (1985) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1986) (Finland) (tv) (MTV1)
- Rete 4 (1993) (Italy) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
- Turner International India (2009) (India) (tv)
- Warner Archive Collection (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Rai Movie (2022) (Italy) (tv)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Private Island Audio (soundtrack)
- Warner Bros. Cosmetics (Miss Hepburn's make-up)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 more obvious as the blind woman's predicament becomes ever more desperate. Written by Morganalee |
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Taglines | A blind woman plays a deadly game of survival See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In an interview, Alan Arkin talked about the Oscar nominations he received for his early major film roles (The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)). When asked if he was surprised that he was overlooked for Wait Until Dark, his second movie, he replied: "You don't get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn!" See more » |
Goofs | Susy demonstrates excellent hearing and observation skills: she can tell when people are in her apartment, notices Carlino dusting for prints, people fiddling with the blinds, Roat's squeaky shoes, etc. However, she does not appear to notice the rotary-dial mismatch between the telephone number Mike Tallman says he's calling and the number he actually dials. It's easy to tell what number is being dialed if you listen and count the number of clicks. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Terror in the Aisles (1984). See more » |
Soundtracks | Wait Until Dark 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 » |
Quotes |
Susy Hendrix:
Gloria? Gloria: Yeah? Susy Hendrix: How would you like to do something difficult and terribly dangerous? Gloria: I'd love it! See more » |