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- Contrary to the oft-repeated rumor that "A Shot in the Dark" was filmed prior to The Pink Panther, it did not go before the cameras until September of 1963, the same month "The Pink Panther" was being previewed in Hollywood.
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A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards in Panavision. Produced as a standalone sequel to The Pink Panther, it is the second installment in the eponymous film series, with Peter Sellers reprising his role as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté.
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A Shot in the Dark: Directed by Blake Edwards. With Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom. Bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau falls in love with murder suspect Maria Gambrelli and tries to clear her name.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Blake Edwards
- 1965-01-29
The scene was filmed inside MGM's Stage 5 (in Boreham Wood, outside London) where a huge, 154,000 gallon tank, of tepid water, had been readied. Here, a set representing the first three stories of a French apartment house had been erected, right beside the tank.
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A Shot in the Dark, British screwball comedy film, released in 1964, that was the second installment in the Pink Panther series.
Ludicrously bumbling French Inspector Jacques Clouseau (played by Peter Sellers) is called on to investigate a murder, but he is instantly smitten with the crime’s main suspect, a housemaid named Maria (Elke Sommer). While Clouseau spends more time clearing her name than investigating, other murders occur. The film introduces two characters that became mainstays in the Pink Panther series: Clouseau’s long-suffering boss, Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), and the loyal but inept manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk), who keeps Clouseau in shape by attacking him at unlikely moments.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director: Blake Edwards
•Writers: Blake Edwards and William Peter Blatty
•Music: Henry Mancini
•Peter Sellers (Jacques Clouseau)
•Elke Sommer (Maria Gambrelli)
•George Sanders (Benjamin Ballon)
•Herbert Lom (Charles Dreyfus)
•Tracy Reed (Dominique Ballon)
•Graham Stark (Hercule LaJoy)
- Lee Pfeiffer
A Shot in the Dark opened just three months after The Pink Panther premiered. The relationship between the famously neurotic, perfectionist Sellers and his director was tense. They battled constantly for supremacy.
This film introduced Herbert Lom in the role of Commissioner Dreyfus, the frustrated leader of the French Police, on the verge of a breakdown. Sellers is masterful in his refusal to break ...
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- Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
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