Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Wait until dark plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips. Seven arts purchased the rights to frederick knotts play and in 1967 made. When the sun goes down, the mood is right for heartpounding rom. Find books like wait until dark from the worlds largest community of readers. Wait until dark is also different in that the pace is slow and the heroine is, well, weird. 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. Susy hendrix, a blind greenwich village housewife, is terrorized by a trio of men looking for heroin they believe her husband has hidden in a doll. Wait until dark is an innovative, highly entertaining and suspenseful thriller about a blind housewife, susy hendrix audrey hepburn. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in wait until dark 1967. Wait until dark, frederick knotts gimmicky stage play about a blind woman terrorized by crooks, was brought to the screen in 1967 and was accompanied by an even more outlandish gimmick. Wait until dark 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. One of the injured soldiers young audrey helped nurse back to health was a young british paratrooper and future director named terence young who more than 20 years later directed hepburn in wait until dark 1967. Having seen the play version of wait until dark a couple of times, i was curious to see the movie version starring audrey hepburn.
With a cast led by a cool brunettesuzy hendrix, played by audrey hepburn, whod been tapped by hitch to play just that type eight years earlier for his illfated no bail for the judge the film is often mistakenly attributed to hitch. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless roat alan arkin has followed hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. Wait until dark 1967 official trailer audrey hepburn, alan arkin movie hd a recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin stuffed doll they believe is. I didnt really warm up to her for the first quarter of the book, but when i got her, i really enjoyed her a solid entry to an entertaining series. Wait until dark was originally a frederick knott play he also wrote dial m for murder that opened on broadway 2266 and closed on new years eve after 373 performances. Wait until dark 1967 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Rent wait until dark 1967 starring audrey hepburn and alan arkin on dvd and bluray. Independent and resourceful, susy is learning to cope with. The night is mine book 1 i own the dawn book 2 wait until dark book 3 take over at midnight book 4 light up the night book 5 bring on the. Nov 17, 2014 wait until dark actually was a play before it was a movie, written by frederick knott who scored a previous hit with dial m for murder and premiering on broadway in 1966. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices.
After she is left alone in her apartment, three men. Wait until dark 1967 official trailer audrey hepburn. Gloria comes in and susy sends her to the bus station in a taxi to wait for sam. Watch wait until dark online stream full movie directv. It starred lee remick and robert duvall as the villain. Stephen king opines in his nonfiction book danse macabre that wait until dark is the scariest movie of all time and that alan arkins performance may be the greatest evocation of screen villainy ever.
May 03, 2009 wait until dark 1967 is a suspense thriller starring audrey hepburn and directed by terence young. Bonnie and clyde, the graduate, in the heat of the night, guess whos coming to dinner, and doctor dolittle. New york film locations from the movie wait until dark starring audrey hepburn. Wait until dark 1967 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. When susy discovers that the telephone cord has been cut, she prepares to defend herself by putting the criminals in the dark along with her, breaking all the light bulbs in the apartments light fixtures. When susy discovers that the telephone cord has been cut, she prepares to defend herself by putting the criminals in the dark along with her, breaking all the light bulbs in. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Wait until dark is a 1967 american psychological thriller film directed by terence young and produced by mel ferrer. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Read the full synopsis of wait until dark, 1967, directed by terence young, with audrey hepburn, alan arkin, richard crenna, at turner classic movies. Rent wait until dark 1967 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Nov 08, 2017 in my 2008 book pictures at a revolution, i approached the dramatic changes in movie culture in the 1960s through the development, production, and reception of each of the five nominees for 1967s best picture academy award. Buchmans military romantic suspense series featuring the exceptionally kickass heroes and heroines of the special ops aviation regiment soar.
Wait until dark by karen robards goodreads share book. In danse macabre, his study of horror, stephen king describes wait until dark 1967 as the scariest movie ever made, and hails alan arkins performance in the film as maybe the greatest. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing wait until dark near you. There will be an actual wait till helen comes movie coming. The play opened at the ethel barrymore theater in new york city on february 2, 1966. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the greenwich village apartment of sam hendrix and. Wait until dark is a play by frederick knott, first performed on broadway in 1966 and often revived since then. This is a collection of horror stories about bizarre happenings and peoples worst nightmares. After she is left alone in her apartment, three men terrorize her in an attempt to find the doll. Wait until dark is the best hitchcock movie that alfred hitchcock didnt direct.
Nov 03, 2018 what set the movie wait until dark apart was an unexpected scene, near the end, that scared most of the audience and always at every showing left a large percentage of viewers screaming in. Wait until dark main title henry mancini jazzyscookie. Wait until dark cast and crew cast photos and info. Wait until dark 1967 official trailer audrey hepburn, alan arkin movie hd duration. Wait until dark study guide by geffen playhouse issuu. Lee remick starred as susy hendrix and was nominated for a tony award for best actress in a play. Antiquarian felicity french has no clue the trouble shes inviting in when she rescues a man outside her grandmas old plantation house during a treacherous snowstorm. Find out where wait until dark is streaming, if wait until dark is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
Find out when and where you can watch wait until dark on tv with the full listings schedule at. When susy discovers that the telephone cord has been cut, she prepares to defend herself by putting the criminals in the dark along with her. Wait until dark movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Some translate well, and some are changed so much its hard to recognize them. A film version was released in 1967, and the play was published in the same year. Wait until dark originated as a play by frederick knott who also wrote dial m for murder. Idiot plots usually turn up in bad movies, but occasionally they creep into superior films like this one, causing unhappy distractions. Jun 19, 2008 a trailer i made for the book wait till helen comes.
During the battle of arnhem, hepburns hospital received many wounded allied soldiers. Wait until dark 1967 movie clip i know youre there. Wait until dark 1967 susies audrey hepburn husband is asked to hold a doll for a woman as they get off an airplane. Wait until dark acting edition for theater productions frederick knott on. The play opened at the ethel barrymore theater in new york city on february 2, 1966 and ran for 374 performances. Wait until dark s new york city apartment with a remote cabin in the woods of alabama. A sinister con man, roat, and two exconvicts, mike and carlino, are about to meet their match. If they did, theyd solve the problem and the movie would be over.
Wait until dark is about a blind girl audrey hepburn whose husband accidentally gets possession of a doll containing heroin. I have found that the success rate of plays turned into movies is about the same as books. Hush a taut thriller that marries sound design with thematic impact. Goodreads members who liked wait until dark also liked. Susy hendrix, a blind greenwich village housewife, is terrorized by. Wait until dark audrey hepburn vs alan arkin youtube. This 1967 thriller draws its effectiveness less from the intelligence of the direction by terence young than from the unbridled sadism of the concept. Julie herrod reprised her role of young gloria for the movie version. A secret entrenched in folklore dating back two centuries. Wait until dark character descriptions mike talman, 3550 years old at one time, mike was a decent human being, and still has impulses that way unlike roat or carlino, mike has natural empathy and compassion, but life threw some bad things his way and he never settled into a respectable existence. The stage is dark except for a few slivers of light coming through the venetian blinds and a yellowish shaft from under the hall door. Susy hendrix is a blind greenwich village housewife who becomes the target of three conmen searching for the heroin hidden in a doll. Roat alan arkin was busy coercing talman and carlino jack weston, richard crenna to help him get back the drugs hidden in this greenwich village apartment when blind occupant susie audrey hepburn arrives, not noticing the body in the closet, her first scene in wait until dark, 1967.