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A Shot in the Dark
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
1964 · Directed by Blake Edwards · 102 min · Comedy · Mystery · Crime · 12 frames
Tagline
…the picture that gets away with murder!
Crew
- Screenplay: Blake Edwards, William Peter Blatty
- Cinematography: Christopher Challis
- Edited by: Bert Bates, Ralph E. Winters
- Music: Henry Mancini
- Production design: Michael Stringer
- Produced by: Blake Edwards
Cast
- Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau
- Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli
- George Sanders as Benjamin Ballon
- Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus
- Graham Stark as Hercule LaJoy
- Moira Redmond as Simone
- Tracy Reed as Dominique Ballon
- Burt Kwouk as Kato
- André Maranne as François
- Vanda Godsell as Madame LaFarge
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: French, English
- Studios: United Artists, The Mirisch Company
- Box office: $12,368,234
- Themes: suspicion of murder, unskillfulness, sequel
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