A Shot In The Dark (1964)


Peter Sellers           Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Elke Sommer             Maria Gambrelli
George Sanders          Benjamin Ballon
Herbert Lom             Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
Tracy Reed              Dominique Ballon
Graham Stark            Hercule Lajoy
Jack Melford            Psychoanalyst
Andre Maranne           Francois--Dreyfus' Assistant
Douglas Wilmer          Henri Lafarge
Vanda Godsell (II)      Madame Lafarge
Maurice Kaufman (II)    Pierre--2nd Chauffeur
Ann Lynn                Dudu--1st Maid
David Lodge             Georges--Gardener
Moira Redmond (II)      Simone--3rd Maid
Martin Benson           Maurice
Burt Kwouk              Kato

Directed by:            Blake Edwards
Produced by:            Blake Edwards, Cecil F. Ford



A young chambermaid is accused of committing a series of murders, but Inspector Clouseau is 
the only one who believes she's innocent and tries to solve the case -- and get his superior, 
Dreyfus, off his back while he does so.

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When rich M. Ballon's spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first 
official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. But 
Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced that she is hiding something. So, 
he has her released from jail and tries to follow her secretly. Things do not work out the way 
the inspector wanted and people keep being murdered, and each time innocent Maria seems to be the 
killer. But with someone important wanting Clouseau and nobody else to cover this case, his 
tolerance-challenged boss Charles Dreyfuss is close to losing his mind when casualties keep turning 
up. And Clouseau keeps on causing trouble without knowing it.

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The famous French detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, investigates the murder of a man at a 
country house. The owner of the house always seems to know more than he should, and although the 
evidence continually suggests that the maid Maria committed the crime, Clouseau always does the 
opposite expected of him, much to the disgruntlement of his superior, Dreyfus. 

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Inspector Clouseau is called to a country house where a murder was committed and finds that every 
clue points to the beautiful maid, Maria. As the bodies accumulate, each set of clues always points 
to Maria, and Cluseau continues to release her and escort her around town. The famous scene in this 
film is the murder in the Nudist Camp which causes the Inspector and Maria to attempt an escape 
through Paris without clothes.