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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:19
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Peter Sellers returns as the world's most accident-prone detective in the second film of Blake Edwards' Pink Panther series. When Maria Gambrelli (Elke Sommer), a parlormaid in the employ of... Peter Sellers returns as the world's most accident-prone detective in the second film of Blake Edwards' Pink Panther series. When Maria Gambrelli (Elke Sommer), a parlormaid in the employ of Parisian plutocrat Benjamin Ballon (George Sanders), is accused of murdering her lover, Clouseau is assigned to the case. The bumbling detective insists on the young beauty's innocence--much to the dismay of Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom)--despite significant evidence to the contrary. Even after Maria is caught red-handed (holding bloody shears, to be precise) near the body of a murdered gardener, Clouseau remains intent on her innocence, and continues to free her from prison time and time again. When the corpse of the Ballons' former maid, Dudu (Ann Lynn), turns up, all evidence leads to Maria's involvement, but not, of course, in the eyes of the wily Clouseau. Clouseau takes care to thoroughly investigate every angle of the case (even if it does require a stakeout at a nudist colony) to nab the real killer. Or could it have been Maria all along? Possibly the best entry in the long-running series, this rapid-fire farce is a showcase for Sellers, whose perfectly timed deadpan verbal mangling and virtuoso displays of physical ineptitude define comic genius. As always, the film is unimaginable without Henry Mancini's catchy score. [More]
Starring: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom
Starring: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom, Tracy Reed, Graham Stark, Andre Maranne, Douglas Wilmer
Director: Blake Edwards
Director: Blake Edwards
Producer: Blake Edwards
Screenwriter: Blake Edwards, William Peter Blatty
Composer: Henry Mancini
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Reviews for A Shot in the Dark
'La genialidad de Sellers es, por mucho, más divertida que cualquier propuesta actual.'
...generally considered one of the best, if not the best, in the series.
Possibly the best of the Pink Panther movies, even though it isn't technically labeled as such.
Classic Sellers. Hilarious from beginning to end; but only if you watch it drunk or at 3 AM
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