…the picture that gets away with murder!
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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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
Blake Edwards
Director
Blake Edwards
Screenplay
William Peter Blatty
Screenplay
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
Blake Edwards
Producer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Bert Bates
Editor
Margaret Furse
Costume Design
Michael Stringer
Production Design
ClipA SHOT IN THE DARK (1964) | Clouseau is Taken Off the Case | MGM
ClipA SHOT IN THE DARK (1964) | "I Suspect Everyone" Murder in the Greenhouse | MGM
ClipA SHOT IN THE DARK (1964) | Clouseau & Cato's First Fight Scene | MGM
ClipA SHOT IN THE DARK (1964) | Clouseau Sets Himself on Fire | MGM
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