Wait Until Dark

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Thriller about a woman recently blinded who is pursued by a killer looking for a heroin-stuffed doll he thinks she possesses. Trapped in her flat, the woman's only hope is to wait until dark. An unusual vehicle for Hepburn, but a terrific climax.

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A Look In The Dark Featurette; Two Theatrical Trailers.

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Review by Barry Forshaw on 21st March 2006

The long-running Broadway play on which this celebrated essay in suspense was based now does the rounds of the provinces, and (largely speaking) manages to deliver a series of synthetic shocks - in a recent production in Malvern, veteran character actor Derrin Nesbitt was the purveyor of menace. Young’s film is a highly proficient translation of the material into cinema terms, and is strongly cast, with Audrey Hepburn as the terrorised blind girl and Alan Arkin memorable as her tormentor. Looked at in the cold light of the 21st century, the contrived plot now seems purest piffle, but there's no denying the professionalism with which Young ratchets up the tension. And that famous shock moment (you know the one!) still works...

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