A Shot in the Dark
by Blake Edwards
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Actor: Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Tracy ReedDirector: Blake Edwards
Brand: SELLERS,PETER
Cinematographer: Christopher Challis
Producer: Blake Edwards
Writer: Blake Edwards
Producer: Cecil F. Ford
Writer: Harry Kurnitz
Writer: Marcel Achard
Writer: William Peter Blatty
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-03-23
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of A Shot in the Dark
DVD Review: A Shot in the Dark
Summary: 5 Stars
"Shot in the Dark" is a classic comedy from the 60's. I think it the best of the Pink Panther series, and one of Peter Sellers best. There are many innuendos and background happenings which make the movie one you have to view several times to catch them all. It would be rated PG13 for implied sexual activities, but as all movies from the era, none on the screen. I enjoyed the movie very much. Those who like the modern explicitness will find the movie too tame. Those who enjoy plot over shock should find it entertaining.DVD Review: the inspector the movie
Summary: 5 Stars
a shot in the dark is magnifisent it is like the inspector the movie from the inspector cartoon. really it has the inspector the commisinor deux deux and even the inspector is clueless all the ime it is a great movie but i own it in the black case series.DVD Review: Sellers and Lom go mad
Summary: 4 Stars
What a joy to this in widescreen on DVD and on a big TV. I hadn't seen it for many many years and so previously it would have been panned and scanned on an old TV. This is the 2nd of the Pink Panther films and perhaps the best of the lot. Peter Sellers plays Clouseau. He is an incompentent French Police Inspector investigating a murder at a rich socialites mansion. A beautifully straight-faced performance by George Sanders - although if you have seen some of the out-takes!
The film is awash with brilliant sight gags, almost too many to list. Many involve Sellers, but frequently Herbert Lom. His is a marvellous performance. As the Police Commissioner, and Clouseau's boss he is slowly driven literally insane by Clouseau and probably steals the acting honours from Sellers in the process.
A special mention must also go to Henry Mancini. He wrote the famous original Pink Panther theme and here he is spot on with the music soundtrack. Many scenes are enhanced by his witty musical motifs that fit perfectly to the action on the screen.
...and I forgot to mention Cato!
DVD Review: Great classic Seller's comedy
Summary: 5 Stars
Good fun...for anyone who enjoys the comedic genious of Peter Sellers, this is another 'must have'. Inspector Clouseau once again creates the mad-cap physical comedy that is the trademark of the Pink Panther series. DVD Review: Fantastic sequel to the Pink Panther
Summary: 5 Stars
A Shot in the Dark is by far one of the funniest Pink Panther movie in the original series. While The Pink Panther was more of a dramatic comedy, this movie is just straight-out comedy. New to the series is Cato and Chief Inpector Dreyfus, both of which are hilarious characters. A Shot in the Dark is more in line with what people associate the Pink Panther movies with: bumbling Inspector Clouseau and his crazy antics.
If you enjoyed The Pink Panther and loved to see more of Inspector Clouseau (which we didn't get enough of in the first film), then this movie is for you. Highly recommended!
Description of A Shot in the Dark
Accident prone Inspector Clouseau attempts to prove the innocence of a maid suspected of killing her lover.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 14-AUG-2001
Media Type: DVD
If you could choose only one Pink Panther movie, your best bet would be A Shot in the Dark--ironic, since it's the only entry in the series that doesn't mention the Pink Panther or even feature the cartoon cat in its opening credits. The title and basic plot are taken from the play by Harry Kurnitz, which in turn was adapted from the French stage comedy L'Idiote, but those plays were completely reconceived by director Blake Edwards, who cowrote the screenplay with William Peter Blatty (yes, the writer of The Exorcist!) and turned the film into a showcase for Peter Sellers and a nonstop parade of slapstick gags and pratfalls. This time Inspector Clouseau is accidentally assigned to track a gorgeous, high-profile murder suspect (Elke Sommer), who is connected to several Parisian murders by circumstantial evidence. Believing her to be innocent when all clues indicate otherwise, Clouseau captures his suspect and releases her several times, to the dismay of Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), but the plot here is arguably beside the point. As a bumbling variation of Hercule Poirot, Sellers steals the show, refining Clouseau's persona--including his outrageous karate duels with his tenacious valet, Cato (Bert Kwouk)--and nonchalantly waltzing through a plot involving numerous disguises and at least a dozen murders. Some scenes are so funny that you could swear the actors are about to crack up laughing, so you laugh even harder when supporting players such as Graham Stark (as Clouseau's tolerant assistant, Hercule) hold a perfectly deadpan expression. Of all the Pink Panther movies, this is the one that fires on all pistons, with Edwards and Sellers in peak form, servicing a traditional farce that brought out the best in their inspired collaboration. --Jeff Shannon
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