Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Hy Averback

Writers:

Claude Magnier (play)
Everett Freeman (writer) ...

Release Date:

19 June 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Oh, the liberties that were taken the night New York flipped its fuse... and became "Fun City"!

Plot:

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane...

Plot Keywords:

Blackout | Question In Title | Based On Play

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Doris Day	...	Margaret Garrison
Robert Morse	...	Waldo Zirrer
Terry-Thomas	...	Ladislaus Walichek
Patrick O'Neal	...	Peter Garrison
Lola Albright	...	Roberta Lane
Steve Allen	...	Radio Announcer
Jim Backus	...	Tru-Blue Lou
Ben Blue	...	Man with a razor
Pat Paulsen	...	Conductor
Dale Malone	...	Otis J. Hendershot Jr
Robert Emhardt	...	Otis J. Hendershot Sr
Harry Hickox	...	Detective Captain
Parley Baer	...	Dr. Dudley Caldwell
Randy Whipple	...	Marvin Reinholtz
Earl Wilson	...	Himself

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Loosely based on the actual New York City blackout of November 1965

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning, when the man walks past the subway station, there is a noticeable jump in the film, before the tiger emerges from the subway.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)

Soundtrack:

Where Were You When The Lights Went Out

Well hello Peter.... so your here

The story of this movie seems to be a set up for Doris Day's last film ( she actually had one after it ). Doris plays Margaret Garrison a stage actress who constantly gets type cast as a virgin ( hmmmm any similarity to what happened to Doris in real life??). While giving an interview for playboy magazine Margaret spills the beans that she would like to have a baby.... Well her hubby does something naughty and Doris goes running for the home in the country. Doris Day's performance is engaging.. especially when she is medicated !! Although Doris was forced into this movie by her manager husband ( her husband had lost all of her money in bad investments ) it is a delightful 60's film. So set a Sunday afternoon aside and hope that the lights wont go out when you put in the video!!