Wait Until Dark DVD (1967)

Wait Until Dark

1967

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Wait Until Dark is an innovative, highly entertaining and suspenseful thriller about a blind housewife, Susy Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn). Independent and resourceful, Susy is learning to cope with her blindness, which resulted from a recent accident. She is aided by her difficult, slightly unreliable young neighbor Gloria (Julie Herrod) with whom she has an exasperated but lovingly maternal relationship. Susy's life is changed as she is terrorized by a group of criminals who believe she has hidden a baby doll used by them to smuggle heroin into the country. Unknown to Susy, her photographer husband Sam (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) took the doll as a favor for a woman he met on an international plane flight and unwittingly brought the doll to the couple's New York apartment when the woman became afraid of the customs officials. Alone in her apartment and cut-off from the outside world, Susy must fight for her life against a gang of ruthless criminals, led by the violent, psychotic Roat (Alan Arkin). The tension builds as Roat, aided by his gang, impersonates police officers and friends of her husband in order to win Susy's confidence, gaining access to her apartment to look for the doll. The climax of the film, a violent physical confrontation between Susie and Roat in her dark kitchen, is one of the most memorable and frightening scenes in screen history. All performances are outstanding, particularly those of Audrey Hepburn who plays a vulnerable, but self-reliant woman, and Alan Arkin, in perhaps his best role, as the ruthless, manipulative Roat.~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

Wait Until Dark details

Format:	12 DVD
Starring:	Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Audrey Hepburn, Julie Herrod, Jack Weston, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Director:	Terence Young
Genres:	Drama - General, Thriller - Psychological
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Wait Until Dark	12 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 47 minutes
Rental release:	13 Mar 2006
Main languages:	English
Subtitles:	English, French, Spanish

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Worth the Wait

By John Perry from Wales , 28 Mar 2006

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Brilliant casting of Alan Arkin and Audrey Hepburn make this a great film. I saw this at the cinema on its first release and remember that nobody was allowed in towards the end of the film. If you've seen it, you'll know why ... if not, well I won't spoil it. There's some great support from the rest of the cast and the Mancini music is just what you'd expect. Not quite Psycho but worth four stars.
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For fans of Audrey and lovers of 60s style!

By Tehanu (13 reviews) from Earthsea , 09 Dec 2011

OK so it seems cliché by comparison with the modern thrillers of today but there is something ineffably stylish and enjoyable about this film. Audrey gives a convincing portrayal of the blind housewife trusting all the wrong people and is triumphant in her self defence rather than weak and cowering. Some of the crooks were a little goofy but I still found myself buying into the plot and the suspense. I recommend for all lovers of 60's chic, Audreyphiles and vintage thrillers.
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froze at the end

By whiteswan (7 reviews) from Shepperton , 07 Mar 2010

This film was not very riverting --but was made for us a non spoiler as we never found out the ending as the dvd froze and we were literally left in the cold (excuse the pun)
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A classic

By nikwak (29 reviews) from Staffin , 04 Feb 2010

A classic film with more twists and turns than spaghetti junction! May seem a tad slow to the unaccustomed eyes and those who only watch recent thrillers but it is superbly acted and, even although I had seen it before, I forgot exactly how it ended and it still managed to keep my attention
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Wait Until Dark

By a customer from Bideford , 16 Oct 2009

This was an excellent thriller in true Hitchcock style with a really sinister 'baddie' and an extremely jump-out-of-your-seat ending; my 17 year old daughter literally did!
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A real thriller

By a customer from Andover , 31 Jul 2009

This starts off quite slowly & I'd rented it to watch Audrey Hepburn. I didn't realise it would have me on the edge of my seat. When the end came I cried, more out of relief because I could relax! Audrey Hepburn is great & the suspense is built up at just the right pace. Definitely the best film of hers I've watched to date
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