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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

1968 · 1h 29m · Comedy · United States of America · Rated 12 (DE)

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.

Directed by
Hy Averback
Written by
Everett Freeman, Karl Tunberg
Starring
Doris Day, Terry-Thomas, Patrick O'Neal, Lola Albright
5.9Smart score

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