A Shot in the Dark

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Peter Sellers

Jacques Clouseau

Elke Sommer

Maria Gambrelli

George Sanders

Benjamin Ballon

Herbert Lom

Charles Dreyfus

Graham Stark

Hercule LaJoy

Moira Redmond

Simone

Tracy Reed

Dominique Ballon

Burt Kwouk

Kato

André Maranne

François

Vanda Godsell

Madame LaFarge

Maurice Kaufmann

Pierre

Ann Lynn

Dudu

David Lodge

Georges

Martin Benson

Maurice

Reginald Beckwith

Receptionist

Douglas Wilmer

Henri LaFarge

Bryan Forbes

Camp Attendant

Andre Charisse

Game Warden

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Howard Greene

Gendarme

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John Herrington

The Doctor

Crew

Art

• Michael Stringer Production Design

Camera

• Christopher Challis Director of Photography
• Austin Dempster Camera Operator
• John M. Jordan Focus Puller

Costume & Make-Up

• Margaret Furse Costume Design

Directing

• Blake Edwards Director
• Derek Cracknell Assistant Director
• Connie Willis Continuity

Editing

• Ralph E. Winters Editor
• Bert Bates Editor

Production

• Blake Edwards Producer
• Walter Mirisch Executive Producer
• Cecil F. Ford Associate Producer
• Denis Johnson Production Manager

Sound

• Henry Mancini Original Music Composer
• Robert Wells Songs
• John Bramall Sound Recordist
• J.B. Smith Sound Recordist
• Henry Mancini Songs
• Teddy Mason Sound Editor
• Geoffrey Kidd Boom Operator

Visual Effects

• George Dunning Animation Director

Writing

• Blake Edwards Screenplay
• William Peter Blatty Screenplay
• Harry Kurnitz Theatre Play
• Marcel Achard Theatre Play

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