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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Hy Averback released in USA on 19 june 1968 with Doris Day
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
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Add to a movie listWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out? is a 1968 American comedy film with Doris Day, directed by Hy Averback. Although it is set in New York City during the infamous Northeast Blackout of 1965, in which 25 million people scattered throughout seven 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.
This was the penultimate film of Doris Day's long career, being released two months before her final screen appearance in 1968's With Six You Get Eggroll.
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November 9, 1965: Margaret Garrison (Doris Day) is a stage actress who has spent her career starring in virginal roles, although she would relish the opportunity to play someone less savory, such as an Italian prostitute, at least once before she retires. When a blackout shutters her current Broadway play for the night, she returns home unexpectedly and discovers her architect husband Peter (Patrick O'Neal) being overly attentive to attractive reporter Roberta Lane (Lola Albright). Infuriated, she heads to the couple's weekend house in Connecticut and takes a concoction to fall asleep.Actors
Doris Day
(Margaret Garrison)
Patrick O'Neal
(Peter Garrison)
Robert Morse
(Waldo)
Terry-Thomas
(Ladislaus)
Steve Allen
(Radio Announcer)
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