Movie
A Shot in the Dark
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-06-23
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, The Mirisch Company
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Maurice Kaufmann as Pierre
- Ann Lynn as Dudu
Crew
- Blake Edwards - Director
- Blake Edwards - Screenplay
- William Peter Blatty - Screenplay
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