---
title: 'Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hy Averback'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063801/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

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

1968 · 89 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Hy Averback and starring Doris Day, Patrick O'Neal and Robert Morse. Although set in New York City during the infamous Northeast blackout of 1965, the screenplay by Everett Freeman and Karl Tunberg is based on the earlier 1956 French play Monsieur Masure by Claude Magnier.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hy Averback](https://cinepixo.com/people/hy-averback)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Magnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-magnier)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Grusin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-grusin)
- **Producer:** [Martin Melcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-melcher)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ellsworth Fredericks](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-fredericks)
- **Editor:** [Rita Roland](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-roland)

## Cast

- [Jim Backus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-backus)
- [Steve Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-allen)
- [Doris Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-day)
- [Lola Albright](https://cinepixo.com/people/lola-albright)
- [Parley Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/parley-baer)
- [Patrick O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-o-neal)
- [Robert Emhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-emhardt)
- [Terry-Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-thomas)
- [Robert Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morse)
- [Morgan Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-freeman)

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