A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)

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A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) is a 1964 comedy-mystery and the second film in the Pink Panther series, featuring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn L’Idiote (play)
basedOnWorkBy Marcel Achard
character Commissioner Charles Dreyfus
Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Maria Gambrelli
cinematographyBy Christopher Challis
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States
director Blake Edwards
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Ralph E. Winters
featuresCharacter Inspector Jacques Clouseau
followedBy Inspector Clouseau (1968 film)
follows The Pink Panther (1963 film)
linked to: The Pink Panther
genre comedy
crime comedy
mystery
hasThemeMusicBy Henry Mancini
musicBy Henry Mancini
notableFor early major role for Herbert Lom as Commissioner Dreyfus
second film appearance of Inspector Clouseau as main character
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries The Pink Panther film series
linked to: The Pink Panther
plotFocus investigation of a murder in a wealthy Parisian household
portrays Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
producer Blake Edwards
productionCompany Mirisch Corporation
linked to: The Mirisch Company
releaseDate 1964-06-23
releaseYear 1964
runningTime approximately 102 minutes
screenwriter Blake Edwards
William Peter Blatty
seriesNumber 2
setIn France
starring Elke Sommer
George Sanders
Graham Stark
Herbert Lom
Peter Sellers
Tracy Reed
title A Shot in the Dark

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Vincent Winter workedOn A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
Inspector Jacques Clouseau notableWork A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
Sir Charles Lytton appearsIn A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)