Wait Until Dark (1967)

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Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Haven't seen it. Never heard of it. Will buy day one because I see Audrey Hepburn on the cover.

Classic film with a great performance from Audrey Hepburn plus a fantastic turn from Alan Arkin early in his career. The sad thing is that Arkin absolutely deserved a Best Actor nomination. Unfortunately he was overlooked in one of the most competitive years in that category. When you have Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night (he won), Paul Newman for Cool Hand Luke, Dustin Hoffman for The Graduate, Warren Beatty for Bonnie and Clyde, and Spencer Tracy for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, it's hard to get in there.

In an interview in later years, Arkin was asked about that omission. He replied, "You don't get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn."