A Shot in the Dark
…the picture that gets away with murder!
7.2(664) 1964-06-23 102 minComedyMysteryCrime
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.
ProducerBlake Edwards
Original Music ComposerHenry Mancini
DirectorBlake Edwards
ScreenplayBlake Edwards
ScreenplayWilliam Peter Blatty
Cast & characters
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
David Lodge
as Georges
Martin Benson
as Maurice
Reginald Beckwith
as Receptionist
Douglas Wilmer
as Henri LaFarge
Bryan Forbes
as Camp Attendant
Andre Charisse
as Game Warden
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Howard Greene
as Gendarme
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John Herrington
as The Doctor
Jack Melford
as The Psycho-Analyst
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Victor Baring
as Taxi Driver
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Victor Beaumont
as Gendarme
Tutte Lemkow
as Kazak Dancer
