Rotten
This isn't quite up to the original, but it has its moments.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
A Shot in the Dark
…the picture that gets away with murder!
1964 · 1h 42m · Approved
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Blake Edwards
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A Shot in the Dark
Overview
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
Director and cast
- Blake Edwards Director
- Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau
- Elke Sommer as Maria Gambrelli
- George Sanders as Benjamin Ballon
- Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus
- Graham Stark as Hercule LaJoy
- Moira Redmond as Simone
- Tracy Reed as Dominique Ballon
- Burt Kwouk as Kato
- André Maranne as François
- Vanda Godsell as Madame LaFarge
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sometimes the narrative is subordinated to individual bits of business and running gags but Sellers' skill as a comedian again is demonstrated.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
It is mad, but the wonderful dexterity and the air of perpetually buttressed dignity with which Mr. Sellers plays his role make what could quickly be monotonous enjoyable to the end.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
First of the Pink Panther sequels, establishing Sellers' incompetent Inspector Clouseau as a viable series character, and prompting Blake Edwards into an unchallenging downhill coast for far too long.
Time Out
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