Wait Until Dark Page #7

Synopsis: Susy was recently blinded and recently married. Susy's husband, Sam, is asked to hold a doll for a woman he doesn't know as they get off an airplane. The woman disappears. Later, she's found dead by her former associates, Mike and Carlino, small-time hoods, in Susy's basement apartment. (Both occupants of the apartment are then absent.) The doll woman's newer partner in crime, Harry Rote, who murdered her for self-dealing, presses Mike and Carlino into a scheme to recover the doll, which contains a fortune in smuggled heroin. After disposing of the body, the thugs return while Susy is present to continue their search. They assume Susy's blindness will enable them to search her apartment under her very nose for the doll. In Sam's absence, Mike pretends to be an old friend of Sam's, while the three together spin for Susy a story of a murder investigation of her husband from which only the finding of the missing doll can save him. Rote is a predator, and his stalking of Susy becomes ever
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Terence Young
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
NOT RATED
Year:
1967
108 min
1,808 Views


One of those short, formal things.

Your wife has had a slight

accident, you know.

So he took the first bus

and is racing to your bedside.

So we don't have

too much time together.

-You killed that woman, that doll woman.

-l don't wanna talk about Mrs. Roat.

-Are you gonna give me that doll, Susy?

-l can't--

l don't believe you, Susy.

l can't! l don't have it anymore.

Look, what is that? Stop it!

Now, l'm not gonna

ask you again, Susy.

When do you wanna tell me where?

You're gonna tell me.

-l can't! lt isn't here!

-You're lying again.

-What is that?

-lt's just--

lt's just my hand.

Well, now.

Why don't we stand up?

l said, stand up.

Now, go into the bedroom.

Mr. Roat?

-Are you looking at me?

-Yes, Susy--

Stop!

Don't touch that!

l have your knife, Mr. Roat.

And l've got the matches, Mrs. Hendrix.

No, no.

No, no, no! No more! No, no, no!

No! lt's out! lt's out. lt's out, l said!

Cut it out!

Stop!

Try lighting your match now, Mr. Roat.

Throw your matches over to me. Go on.

Don't move. l still have your knife.

Pick up the cane.

Tap on the floor right where you are

so l know where you are. Go on. Tap.

Tap.

Keep tapping.

Keep tapping.

Keep tapping.

Tap.

Keep tapping.

Tap. Tap.

Tap.

Louder.

Louder!

Tap.

Well, Susy.

lt's all over.

Drop the knife.

And the matches.

Down we go.

All right.

All right, you can have it.

You can have the doll.

l'll give it to you

if you'll just go and--

-Yes, Susy?

-Not hurt me.

Say, "please."

-Please.

-No, that's not quite it.

"Please may l give you the doll?"

Please may l give you the doll?

You may.

The doll.

Catchy tune.

Well, Susy, now l want you in the bedroom.

-You said you wouldn't hurt me.

-Did l?

l must've had my fingers crossed.

Good girl.

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Window.

Where is it?

Where is it?! Oh, God!

Wait! Wait!

You stay here. Do you understand?

All right, come on. Look out.

Hurry!

Here! Let me try.

Take it easy.

Don't waste your time.

Susy!

Susy, where are you?

-Susy!

-You know this man?

No. Susy, for God's sake, where--?

Must be in the bedroom.

l tried. lt won't work.

All right, bring your flashlight.

l got some bulbs in here.

My God, where is she?

l'm gonna have another look in the--

God in heaven.

-Susy! Susy!

-Wait!

Sam?

Over here, Susy.

l'm over here.

You're by the chair.

Great girl.

l'm over here.

You're doing fine.

Just fine.

Sammy!

[ENGLlSH]

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