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A Shot in the Dark

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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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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

Perhaps the series’ most effervescent entry.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
05/03/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

The best of the bunch

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
04/16/05
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

The perfectly balanced Clouseau flick. Brilliantly funny.

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01/24/05
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

'La genialidad de Sellers es, por mucho, más divertida que cualquier propuesta actual.'

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07/20/04
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

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05/29/04
Andy Klein
New Times

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04/08/04
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A few of the set-pieces are tours de force on the part of Sellers

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03/16/04
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

No review available.

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07/26/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

The funniest in the Pink Panther series

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06/13/03
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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...generally considered one of the best, if not the best, in the series.

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05/09/03
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

No review available.

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01/15/03
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net

Possibly the best of the Pink Panther movies, even though it isn't technically labeled as such.

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12/13/02
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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09/06/02
Rob Blackwelder
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08/08/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

All in all, it's the jewel in the Pink Panther series.

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08/07/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Classic Sellers. Hilarious from beginning to end; but only if you watch it drunk or at 3 AM

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07/26/02
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

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