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A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Plot Synopsis: As murder follows murder, beautiful Maria is the obvious suspect; bumbling Inspector Clouseau drives his boss mad by seeing her as plainly innocent.

Rated PG, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Release Date: Jun 23, 1964
On DVD: Aug 15, 2001
All Flixster Ratings: 4.0 Stars (3000)
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11 days ago
4.0 Stars
Brilliant film. I loved Peter Sellers in this. I'm not a huge fan of slapstick comedy but he was able to incorporate it into a believable and likeable character, and I enjoyed the film more and more as it went on.
13 days ago
4.0 Stars
An excellent classic...Sanders proves to be the convincing, bumbling fool we know as Clouseau. Quite entertaining and an all around good movie to watch, even 44 years later.
20 days ago
4.0 Stars
A second outing for Inspector Clouseau and for me the best of them. So many great sequences - the date scene/ the billiards / nudist colony - and a great supporting cast, including one of my all time favourite actors, George Sanders signal this as th... (read more)
34 days ago
5.0 Stars
Ah, this one made me remember more of the clumsiness of the character more than the quotes. Classic!
41 days ago
3.5 Stars
I've never been a big fan of silly or slapstick comedy and even the great Peter Sellers can't change that. Still, there were some laughs to be had. Most of the physical jokes didn't work for me but the scenes with Clouseau and Hercule were great. I a... (read more)
45 days ago
4.0 Stars
Peter Sellers at his best, absolutely committed to deadpan clumsy stupid, , and Herbert Lom as well (he's just twitchy enough, whereas in later Panther movies - awful - he's over-the -top with it). Better than the Pink Panther, and more absurd.
45 days ago
5.0 Stars
a Seller's masterpiece. Clouseau does it again. You dont get the pink panther music, but its a great soundtrack just the same.
46 days ago
3.5 Stars
the sheer dedication to straight-faced absurdity gives this film endlessly more charm and humour. Dreyfus was almost funnier than Clouseau, as Peter Sellers seemed to have toned his performance back from the original Pink Panther. still a tremendou... (read more)
64 days ago
5.0 Stars
Better than the original Pink Panther in my opinion, this movie showcases Seller's ability's and makes me laugh without resorting to some of the 'cheaper' attempts in the later movies. Not to diminish the other Panther films, this one just stands ou... (read more)
64 days ago
5.0 Stars
This film is probably older than most people who use this application & it doesn't say "Pink Panther" in the title but it's the 2nd Inspector Clouseau outing: if you can't find Peter Sellers' detective laugh out loud funny not to mention Kwouk's Kato... (read more)

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