spencergrande6 It's pretty obvious Wait Until Dark was adapted from a play. The setting is basically one room, in a tiny apartment, and even filmed, little to nothing else happens outside this room. This actually benefits the film, it makes the action that much more claustrophobic and gives it a great sense of space and awareness of audience expectations based on their keen sense of where things are in relation to everyone else.The film builds to a pulse-pounding finale. Expertly shot and staged, with top-notch acting from both Audrey Hepburn (who in other parts of the film I thought may have been overacting a bit, or at least "stage" acting too much) and Alan Arkin (man is he good in this. Those glasses and his voice...).

Antonius Block It's hard to say whether Audrey Hepburn truly pulls off being blind in this movie, but this is a strong cast, and seriously creepy story. Alan Arkin is fantastic as the ruthless drug dealer who schemes with a couple of characters played by Richard Crenna and Jack Weston to trick Hepburn into letting them into her home, in search of a doll that was used to smuggle heroin and which ended up in her husband's possession. The film is not 100% convincing and you'll probably find yourself pointing out a few plot holes, but it's convincing enough, and I liked how taut the story-telling was. What could be more eerie than thinking you're alone in your apartment, but have three men with you in the room? We feel for this vulnerable blind woman and pull for her as she begins to figure out what's happening by paying attention to her other senses (and getting some help from a neighbor girl), and there is real tension as she does. You'll have to suspend disbelief a little bit to enjoy it, but it's certainly worth watching.

capone666 Wait Until DarkSince sunlight doesn't matter to them, blind people should only work nightshifts.Fortunately, the blind woman in this thriller doesn't have a day job to worry about losing.When a drug mule stashes an antique doll filled with heroin on her husband (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) during his flight home, sightless Susy (Audrey Hepburn) becomes the unwilling victim to the thugs (Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston) who come to her apartment looking for it.In order to best the burglars, Susy exploits what remaining faculties she has by grabbing a kitchen knife and cutting all power to her place.With a top tier cast, a slow-burner script adapted from the Broadway production and a gripping score courtesy of Henry Mancini, Wait Until Dark is a testament to the resilience of both women and the disable. Lastly, if you can't steal from a blind woman maybe you shouldn't be a criminal.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

Python Hyena Wait Until Dark (1967): Dir: Terence Young / Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston, Julie Herrod: Spellbinding psychological thriller about time and condition as a blind woman, played by Audrey Hepburn discovers ominous strangers presenting themselves in her apartment seeking a doll. It conceals drugs and Alan Arkin seeks assistance from fellow criminals Richard Crenna and Jack Weston in order to gain trust into the whereabouts. Director Terence Young makes great use of lighting as the apartment becomes eerie and ominous. Young previous directed a few James Bond outings before graduating to this. Hepburn is well cast as the blind heroine who slowly learns to use her limitations to her advantage during key moments. Arkin is brilliant as this sadistic killer whose methods are sly, cunning and deadly until his overconfidence becomes his enemy. Crenna and Weston are superb as blackmailed con men out to talk Hepburn out of the doll she knows nothing about. Crenna in particular begins to develop romantic feelings towards her. Julie Herrod plays a young girl in the building who allies herself with Hepburn as sort of watch out. Shocking masterpiece right down to its nail biting conclusion where limitations are advantages when pride overshadows the realization that the darkness waited upon may be the blessing of survival. Score: 10 / 10