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

Release Date: 1968

Cast: Lola Albright, Jim Backus, Doris Day, Robert Morse, Jack Klugman, Patrick O'Neal, Terry-Thomas, Morgan Freeman

Categories: Movies, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Farce, Comedy Of Errors

Where 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 major blackout of November 9, 1965, in which 25 million people scattered throughout seven northeastern states and Ontario, Canada lost electric power for several hours, the screenplay by Everett Freeman and Karl Tunberg is based on the 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... MORE

Where 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 major blackout of November 9, 1965, in which 25 million people scattered throughout seven northeastern states and Ontario, Canada lost electric power for several hours, the screenplay by Everett Freeman and Karl Tunberg is based on the 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. Margaret Garrison 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 being overly attentive to attractive reporter Roberta Lane. Infuriated, she heads to the couple's weekend house in Connecticut and takes a potion to fall asleep. When embezzler Waldo Zane develops car trouble near Margaret's home, LESS