Wait until Dark
Dir: Terence Young
1967
*****
Elaborate, dark, intelligent and theatrical. Wait until Dark is definitely of the Hitchcockian school of film making. Writing a compelling story that is set in just one place is a hard thing to achieve, you can tell it is based on a theatre production as it is the writing and the acting that are winning considering the small budget. The Hitchcockian influence is easy to spot but this film certainly has a certain style of its own, a suspense and dark undertone that brought all thrillers of the past into the future. It is one of those thrillers that marked a cornerstone in the genre. You can see why Terrance Young was chosen for the original Bond films, Alan Arkin just missed out on being a good Bond villain I shouldn't wonder. A great classic.