Wait Until Dark
1967 · 108 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 34,970 VOTES · DIR. Terence Young
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,155 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:29 Come on, Louis. Come on.
00:11:22 ...or vice versa.
00:15:06 ...so Hendrix brought it home here.
00:19:39 No discipline, no sense of order. Bad news.
00:24:02 ...I'll just stick around a few more minutes.
00:28:58 Little tiny pieces that nobody could ever recognize...
00:32:07 No cheating.
00:35:59 My name's Mike Talman. I used to know Sam.
00:38:38 Please tell Sam that I stopped by.
00:42:03 I get cranky and impatient and...
00:45:26 That's good enough.
00:48:06 -I know. -You knew her?
00:50:58 He thinks that my wife has been...
00:53:41 -Say I've gone. -It's about your wife, Mr. Roat.
00:56:44 We mustn't say anything to the police. Nothing.
01:00:24 -Yes, and they're looking this way. -See their faces, the policemen in the car?
01:03:36 If it's in there and she can't open it, she will after you've gone.
01:08:46 There's nothing broken here.
01:14:08 No!
01:19:50 They're sure not detectives.
01:28:12 You win.
01:34:37 -Where is he? -He's on his way to Bellevue Hospital.
01:38:56 And the matches.
02:00:00 for a couple hours work.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,155
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorTerence Young
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$11,000,000
IMDb votes34,970