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23 June 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
It's Sellers the Sleuth... and there's nothing he won't do to track down a body -- dead or alive! morePlot:
As murder follows murder, beautiful Maria is the obvious suspect; bumbling Inspector Clouseau drives his boss mad by seeing her as plainly innocent. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
"If I Had Ten Clousseaus I Could Destroy The World" moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Sellers | ... | Jacques Clouseau | |
| Elke Sommer | ... | Maria Gambrelli | |
| George Sanders | ... | Benjamin Ballon | |
| Herbert Lom | ... | Charles Dreyfus | |
| Tracy Reed | ... | Dominique Ballon | |
| Graham Stark | ... | Hercule LaJoy | |
| Moira Redmond | ... | Simone | |
| Vanda Godsell | ... | Madame LaFarge | |
| Maurice Kaufmann | ... | Pierre | |
| Ann Lynn | ... | Dudu | |
| David Lodge | ... | Georges | |
| André Maranne | ... | Francois | |
| Martin Benson | ... | Maurice | |
| Burt Kwouk | ... | Kato | |
| Reginald Beckwith | ... | Receptionist |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:L | New Zealand:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #20691) | Canada:G (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Norway:11 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1975) | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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Clouseau's servant is Kato in the cast list of this movie, but Cato in the sequels. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the office seem where Jacques Clouseau finishes interviewing Maria Gambrelli, the world globe has Australia clearly in view. After she leaves, Clouseau goes to the window, and then goes to spin the globe, and the globe has been repositioned with Australia no longer dominant. moreQuotes:
Clouseau: Well... that just goes to prove what I have said all along.Dreyfus: What you've said, Clouseau, qualifies you as the greatest prophet since Custer said he was going to surround all those Indians!
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The popularity of Peter Sellers's Inspector Clousseau from the The Pink Panther it warranted the bumbling French detective getting center stage in what turned out to be a series of films. For the rest of his life Sellers was assured of movie profits by just making another Clousseau film.
A Shot In the Dark also introduced two new characters to the series, Clousseau's supervisor Chief Inspector Dreyfus played by Herbert Lom and his houseboy/karate teacher Kato who was played by Bert Kwouk. Dreyfus became almost as popular as Clousseau himself. Herbert Lom's career had been spent playing mostly villains and pretty serious and deadly ones at that.
Inspector Clousseau can best be described as a human train wreck. The slightest motion on his part is a recipe for disaster. Best to be about ten feet from him at any given time and even that won't always work. His klutziness drives Lom to the brink of insanity here and in future films, he crossed over the line.
But he's got instincts which is why I'm sure he remains an inspector of the Surete. He draws a case involving a murder at wealthy baron George Sanders's house and it seems kind of open and shut that the maid, Elke Sommer did it. But Sellers listens to his hormones talking and refuses to make the arrest. And as more dead bodies keep piling up around Sommer, the more Sellers listens to that voice south of the Equator.
With Clousseau, Peter Sellers joins the ranks of such great cinema clowns as Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. Sit back and don't eat while watching A Shot In The Dark, you won't be able to hold it down.