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Wait Until Dark (1967) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Terence Young and produced by Mel Ferrer.

Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)

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Best ActressAudrey HepburnNominated
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Wait Until Dark (1967)

By Beatrice on Jul 20, 2019 From Flickers in Time

Wait Until Dark Directed by Terence Young Robert Carrington and Jane Howard-Hammerstein from a play by Frederick Knott 1967/US Warner Bros. Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This movie has lost none of its gripping terror since original release. ?And what a great cast! A young beauty transports heroin f... Read full article


Warner Archive Blu-ray: Alan Arkin Terrorizes Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark (1967)

By KC on Mar 27, 2017 From Classic Movies

Though I will never get over the trauma of my first viewing of Wait Until Dark (1967), I have returned to it several times over the years. Even once you know its secrets, it retains its stomach churning power to chill. It is also a showcase for some of the best performances of its stars, Audrey Hepb... Read full article


Blu-ray Review: Wait Until Dark

By Devon Powell on Jan 20, 2017 From Hitchcock Master

Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: January 24, 2017 Region: Region A Length: 01:47:41 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.85:1 Notes: This title was previously released in various DVD editions. ?On Broadway a couple of seasons... Read full article


Wait Until Dark (1967) – Updated

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 24, 2014 From 4 Star Films

This is very much a contrived plot line but it certainly is an interesting set piece surrounding a defenseless blind woman targeted because of a heroin-filled doll which fell into her husband’s possession. It sounds like a pretty ludicrous set up but Audrey Hepburn is so believable and at time... Read full article


Wait Until Dark (1967) – Updated

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 24, 2014 From 4 Star Films

This is very much a contrived plot line but it certainly is an interesting set piece surrounding a defenseless blind woman targeted because of a heroin-filled doll which fell into her husband’s possession. It sounds like a pretty ludicrous set up but Audrey Hepburn is so believable and at time... Read full article


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Quotes from

Roat: May we have weapons on the table?
Mike Talman: We'll have explinations first.
Roat: Well, it goes back a little.
Mike Talman: So, go back a little.
Roat: All right. Once upon a time, there was a fairy princess named Lisa.


Roat: I cannot negotiate in an atmosphere of mistrust.


Carlino: We don't work safes.
Roat: I know. But you talk. And that's why you've been invited to this party. To talk you way into that big black safe, Sergeant.
Mike Talman: There's a locked closet in the bedroom.
Roat: Oh, no, not there. It's just clothes.
Mike Talman: How do you know?
Roat: I looked.
Mike Talman: You have the key?
Roat: It's on the ledge above the door.
Mike Talman: No it isn't.
Roat: Well, they must have taken it with them.
Mike Talman: They lock the closet, but don't bolt the front door?
Roat: They're strange people; they lose dolls.


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In his non-fiction book Danse Macabre, Stephen King declared this to be the scariest movie of all time and that Alan Arkin's performance "may be the greatest evocation of screen villainy ever."
Despite getting an Oscar nomination for this movie, Hepburn would not make another film until Robin and Marian.
During the credits there is no credit for costumes, this is because Audrey Hepburn herself picked the clothes she wore from the stores in Paris.
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