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The Sunday Film: A Shot in the Dark

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring Peter Sellers Elke Sommer with George Sanders , Herbert Lorn
When a pretty parlour-maid is accused of shooting her lover at her employer's house, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is alarmed to hear that Jacques Clouseau is already investigating the murder. Soon his worst fears are realised and a trail of corpses marks Clouseau's progress on the case ...
Peter Sellers gives another rich performance as Inspector Clouseau , the supremely incompetent French detective he created in The Pink Panther.
Screenplay by BLAKE EDWARDS and WILLIAM PETER BLATTY. based upon the plays by HARRY KURNITZ and MARCEL ACHARD
Produced and directed by BLAKE EDWARDS Films; page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Elke Sommer
Unknown:
George Sanders
Unknown:
Herbert Lorn
Unknown:
Jacques Clouseau
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Inspector Clouseau
Unknown:
Blake Edwards
Unknown:
Will Peter Blatty.
Unknown:
Harry Kurmtz
Directed By:
Blake Edwards
Insp Clouseau:
Peter Sellers
Maria Gambrelli:
Elke Sommer
Benjamin Ballon:
George Sanders
Chief Insp Dreyfus:
Herbert Lom
Dominique Ballon:
Tracy Reed
Hercule Lajoy:
Graham Stark
Frangois, Dreyfus's assistant:
Andre Maranne
Henri Lefarge:
Douglas Wilmer
Maurice:
Martin Benson
Kato:
Burt Kwouk
Source: Radio Times

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