Wait Until Dark poster
Director Terence Young
Screenplay Jane-Howard Hammerstein, Robert Carrington
Writer Frederick Knott

Wait Until Dark

Tagline: A blind woman plays a deadly game of survival.

Release Date: 1967-10-26

Duration: 108 minutes

Synopsis

After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.

Casting

  • Audrey Hepburn
    Susy Hendrix
  • Alan Arkin
    Roat / Roat Jr. / Roat Sr.
  • Richard Crenna
    Mike Talman
  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
    Sam Hendrix
  • Jack Weston
    Carlino
  • Mel Ferrer
    French-Canadian Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
  • Gary Morgan
    Teenage Boy on Street (uncredited)
  • Robby Benson
    Boy Tossing Ball (uncredited)
  • Samantha Jones
    Lisa
  • Bill Walters
    BG with Dog (uncredited)