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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?: Directed by Hy Averback. With Doris Day, Robert Morse, Terry-Thomas, Patrick O'Neal. During a blackout, a New York executive crosses paths with a Broadway actress and her husband.
- (971)
- Comedy
- Hy Averback
- 1968-06-19
Although it is set in New York City during the infamous Northeast blackout of 1965, in which 25 million people scattered throughout seven states in the Northeastern United States lost electricity for several hours, the screenplay by Everett Freeman and Karl Tunberg is based on the earlier 1956 French play Monsieur Masure by Claude Magnier [ fr].
One hour later New York City is plunged into darkness by a power failure. Returning home early, Margaret finds Peter with Roberta in their Manhattan apartment. Furious, she storms out in a jealous rage, drives to their Connecticut cottage, drinks a glass of water containing a sleeping potion, and falls asleep.
A 1968 comedy film starring Doris Day and Robert Morse, who accidentally share a bed after drinking sleeping pills. Roger Ebert criticizes the film's repetitive plot and lack of humor, and compares Doris Day's virtue to Helen of Troy.
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? A New York embezzler (Robert Morse) spends the 1965 blackout with an actress (Doris Day) who is angry at her husband.
- (5)
- Hy Averback
- PG
- Doris Day, Robert Morse, Terry-Thomas
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When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
Although it is set in New York City during the infamous Northeast blackout of 1965, in which 25 million people scattered throughout seven states in the Northeastern United States lost electricity for several hours, the screenplay by Everett Freeman and Karl Tunberg is based on the earlier 1956 French play Monsieur Masure by Claude Magnier [ fr].
