History Trivia / WaitUntilDark

** The villainous role of Harry Roat is also extremely atypical for Creator/AlanArkin, who tends to go for more comedic parts. He claimed the experience of playing a villain was so uncomfortable that he never wanted to do it again.

* ActorInspiredElement: During the credits there is no credit for costumes, this is because Creator/AudreyHepburn herself picked the clothes she wore from the stores in Paris. Creator/AlanArkin also claimed in an interview that he chose to play Roat as though her were "on every conceivable drug known to man," an element not original to the play.

** Creator/CarolReed was a consideration for the director position, but Audrey Hepburn and her husband, producer Creator/MelFerrer, wanted Creator/TerenceYoung on the job since they were already friends with him.

** Jack L. Warner first considered Creator/GeorgeCScott for the role of Harry Roat and Creator/RobertRedford for the role of Mike Talman before casting Creator/AlanArkin and Richard Crenna in the parts.

** The villainous role of Harry Roat is also extremely atypical for Alan Arkin, who tends to go for more comedic parts. He claimed the experience of playing a villain was so uncomfortable that he never wanted to do it again.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Alan Arkin said the role of Harry Roat was easy to get, as most of the actors approached prior didn't want to play a role that terrorized Creator/AudreyHepburn. Arkin said he jumped at the chance to play the part.

* EnforcedMethodActing: In regards to the audience. In some theatrical productions -- and even some showings of the cinematic adaptation -- ''every'' light, including those in the foyer, are is either turned off or covered during the climax to make it harder for audience members' eyes to adjust and heighten tension.

* OldShame: The 1998 Broadway revival was not well-received despite excellent early ticket sales, with Creator/QuentinTarantino's turn as Harry Roat torn to shreds by most critics. Few of the cast and crew of this production are willing to talk about it, even decades later.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Most modern productions of the play explicitly set it in the 1960s (the decade the play was originally produced) since tropes like CutPhoneLines and the need for the villains to rely on a phone booth (rather than cell phones) do not apply in the twenty-first century.

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** Creator/CarolReed was a consideration for the director position, but Audrey Hepburn and producer Mel Ferrer wanted Terence Young on the job since they were already friends with him.

* ActorInspiredElement: During the credits there is no credit for costumes, this is because Creator/AudreyHepburn herself picked the clothes she wore from the stores in Paris. Alan Arkin also claimed in an interview that he chose to play Roat as though her were "on every conceivable drug known to man," an element not original to the play.

* OldShame: The 1998 Broadway revival was not well-received despite excellent early ticket sales, with Quentin Tarantino's turn as Harry Roat torn to shreds by most critics. Few of the cast and crew of this production are willing to talk about it, even decades later.
* PlayingAgainstType: This was Creator/AudreyHepburn's only horror film, despite it more commonly being categorized as a suspense-thriller.
** The villainous role of Harry Roat is also extremely atypical for Creator/AlanArkin, who tends to go for more comedic parts. He claimed the experience of playing a villain was so uncomfortable that he never wanted to do it again.

* ActorInspiredElement: During the credits there is no credit for costumes, this is because Creator/AudreyHepburn herself picked the clothes she wore from the stores in Paris.

** The villainous role of Harry Roat is also extremely atypical for Creator/AlanArkin, who tends to go for more comedic roles.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A variation. The Braille "phone number" that Susy reads is nonsense. It isn't even a number. It transliterates to "shchsting."

* HeyItsThatGuy: A young [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow Robby]] Disney/{{Be|autyAndTheBeast}}nson makes a cameo outside the airport at the very beginning of the film version.

* The Braille "phone number" that Susy reads is nonsense. It isn't even a number. It transliterates to "shchsting."

* HeyItsThatGuy: A young [[KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow Robby]] Disney/{{Be|autyAndTheBeast}}nson makes a cameo outside the airport at the very beginning of the film version.
* The Braille "phone number" that Susy reads is nonsense. It isn't even a number. It transliterates to "shchsting."

* HeyItsThatGuy: A young [[KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow Robby]] Disney/{{Be|autyAndTheBeast}}nson makes a cameo outside the airport at the very beginning of the film version.

* HeyItsThatGuy: A young [[KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow Robbie]] Disney/{{Be|autyAndTheBeast}}nson makes a cameo outside the airport at the very beginning of the film version.