Terence Young's claustrophobic thriller is as tense as can be thanks to a terrifying performance from Alan Arkin.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 13, 2024

Audrey Hepburn may have "cripped" up for her Oscar nominated role, but Suzy is still a great character. It's Arkin who steals the show as the slick villain, though, and that iconic jump scare remains every bit as effective now as it was in 1967.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2024

The action is kept fluid and the suspense tight.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 30, 2022

It starts slowly but gathers pace with a compelling momentum that builds to a climax of great tension. Fine entertainment, but if you have a nervous disposition, keep away.

| Mar 4, 2022

...a fairly timeless thriller that still ranks as one of the very best examples of the genre...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 20, 2020

While the conclusion is shocking (fulfilling the title as well as Susy's attempts to level the playing field), it's Arkin's performance that really leaves an impression.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 27, 2020

I am absorbed by the presence of Audrey Hepburn and by a Hitchcockian plot as sharp as a serrated knife. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 23, 2020

This 1967 thriller draws its effectiveness less from the intelligence of the direction (by Terence Young) than from the unbridled sadism of the concept.

| Jun 18, 2019

It has, in the form of Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, two of the very best performances in the genre's history.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Dec 6, 2016

Nail-biting until the end.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 27, 2012

This superb drama filled with spell-binding tension has not lost an iota of its considerable impact, even 40 years after it was made. Audrey Hepburn is mesmerising as the blind woman whose quick thinking is more illuminating than the brightest of lights

| Apr 11, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 26, 2007

Audrey Hepburn received her fifth (and last) Oscar nomination for effectively playing a blind woman in this well-executed thriller based on the Broadway smash hit; equally good are the villains, played by the young Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 6, 2007

Os furos bvios do roteiro acabam sendo compensados pela direo tensa de Young, pela eficiente montagem e, principalmente, pelas atuaes de todo o elenco (mas Hepburn e Arkin merecem destaque).

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2006

A classic and unforgettable thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 25, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 7, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 19, 2004

Superior thriller with one dynamite shock scene.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 29, 2004