Review: Wait Until Dark (1967)

• Directed by Terence Young
• Written by Frederick Knott, Robert Carrington, Jane-Howard Hammerstein
• Stars Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zombalist Jr.
• Run Time: 1 Hour, 48 Minutes
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeTME_tRUI

Spoiler-free Judgment Zone

The suspense in this one builds nicely once it gets going. The cast was excellent and all played off each other well. It’s a classic worth checking out.

Spoilery Synopsis

We begin in Canada. A man stuffs little heroin bags into a doll and sews it up. He gives the doll to Lisa, who goes out to catch a taxi to the international airport. The old man calls someone about the doll. Credits roll. When the plane lands, she gives the doll over to Sam Hendrix and leaves with someone who meets her there.

Two guys, Talman and Carlino, go looking for Lisa, but she’s not home. A man in shades also comes to the door. He’s Harry Roat Junior, and he says he’s come to buy them. He wants to hire them to get the doll. He says that Lisa will…