Wait Until Dark

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 s... more >

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... < less

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DVD Extras

• A Look In The Dark Featurette
• Two Theatrical Trailers.

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Cast

Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna

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