A Shot in the Dark
film by Edwards [1964]
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 ...(100 of 207 words)