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: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of A Shot in the Dark
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!
DVD Review: Fabulous!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This film starring Peter Sellers is one of my favorites! It was purchased as a gift for a Sellers fan - no disappointments at all.
Description of A Shot in the Dark
Get ready for a "riotous" (Boxoffice) adventure as Peter Sellers returns as the hapless Inspector Clouseau in his second Pink Panther film. Introducing Herbert Lom as his long-suffering superior Dreyfus and Burt Kwouk as his mysterious manservant and sparring partner Cato, this frenetic comedy is "a series of laughs from beginning to end, with never a lull to catch your breath" (LA Herald-Examiner)! Assigned to a high-profile murder case, Clouseau finds himself falling (literally) for the prime suspect - a beautiful maid named Maria (Elke Sommer), whose talent for being in the wrong place atthe wrong time almost rivals Clouseau's. But as the body count grows higher, and Maria's criminal record grows longer, Clouseau will have to find the real culprit quickly...or his career will be finit!Blake Edwards's Inspector Clouseau films really took their complete shape with this second movie in the series, which features star Peter Sellers really tweaking that French accent and key supporting players Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, and Andr? Maranne (all getting on board for the first time). The story finds Sellers refusing to believe in the guilt of a beautiful woman (Elke Sommer) accused of murder, and there are a number of hilarious sequences, including one in which Clouseau goes "undercover" at a nudist colony. Arguably the best of the films, A Shot in the Dark definitely finds Edwards honing a seamless blend of slapstick, brilliant timing, verbal wit, a great cast, and Sellers's brilliance into a unique experience. --Tom Keogh
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