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    Shot In The Dark, A (1964)

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    The success of The Pink Panther  (1963) created a new comic favourite in the accident-prone form of Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau of the Paris Surete, so a sequel was inevitable. But this is where the Clouseau character was properly invented, along with his driven-to-distraction boss, Dreyfus.

    Clouseau lurches towards the solution of a murder mystery adapted from plays by Harry Kurnitz and Marcel Achard, and by trying to clear saucy French chambermaid Maria Gambrelli (Elke Sommer) of shooting her Spanish lover leaves a trail of additional bodies in his wake – before finding that all is revealed in a nudist camp.

    Suspecting the true killer is a jealous man who would rather kill than see Maria with another, Clouseau takes her on a tour of French nightclubs, using himself as bait and sure that the killer will strike.

    And strike he does . . . no less than seven times. Unfortunately, Clouseau doesn’t notice the dead bodies left in his wake. Each an innocent unsuspecting bystander who was mistaken for him.

    “Give me ten men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world,” blurts his bewildered boss Herbert Lom.

    A Shot In The Dark still stands up better than Austin Powers (1997) – and doesn’t require constant winks to the camera to work.

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    Inspector Jacques Clouseau
    Peter Sellers
    Maria Gambrelli
    Elke Sommer
    Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
    Herbert Lom
    Kato
    Burt Kwouk
    Benjamin Ballon
    George Sanders
    Dominique Ballon
    Tracy Reed
    Hercule Lajoy
    Graham Stark
    François
    André Maranne
    Henri Lafarge
    Douglas Wilmer
    Madame Lafarge
    Vanda Godsell
    Pierre
    Maurice Kaufman
    Dudu
    Ann Lynn
    Georges
    David Lodge
    Simone
    Moira Redmond
    Maurice
    Martin Benson
    Charlie
    Bryan Forbes

    Director
    Blake Edwards

    Video

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