"struggle ceases and it becomes apparent that his assailant is his valet, Cato (Burt Kwouk). In order to keep his senses sharp, Clouseau has instructed Cato to attack him when he least expects it. The Inspector is reinstated to the Ballon case and immediately orders Maria Gambrelli's release from prison, as he is convinced she is shielding the real killer, who Clouseau suspects is Ballon himself. A series of additional murders of the Ballon staff follows. Each time the evidence points to Maria, who is continually arrested, only to have Clouseau release her again despite the growing number of murder"
"1964, Sellers began filming ""A Shot in the Dark"", an adaptation of a French play, ""L'Idiote"" by Marcel Achard. Sellers found the part and the director, Anatole Litvak, uninspiring; the producers brought in Blake Edwards to replace Litvak. Together with writer William Peter Blatty, they turned the script into a Clouseau comedy, also adding Herbert Lom as Commissioner Dreyfus and Burt Kwouk as Cato. During filming, Sellers's relationship with Edwards became strained; the two would often stop speaking to each other during filming, communicating only by the passing of notes. Sellers's personality was described by others as difficult and demanding,"
"A Shot in the Dark (1933 film) A Shot in the Dark is a 1933 British mystery film directed by George Pearson and starring Dorothy Boyd, O. B. Clarence, Jack Hawkins and Michael Shepley. When a wealthy old man dies suddenly, a local priest suspects something and begins to investigate. ""Britmovie"" noted a ""typical multi-suspect “quota quickie”""; and ""Classic Horror online"" wrote, ""we nominate ""SHOT IN THE DARK"" as the worst film ever made! But this is not to detract anything from its entertainment value. Films such as these were produced on both a limited budget and a limited time"
"30 reviews counted. The average rating given by critics is 8 out of 10. The critical consensus reads: ""A Shot in the Dark is often regarded as the best of the Pink Panther sequels, and Peter Sellers gives a top-notch performance that makes slapstick buffoonery memorable."" In 2006, the film was voted the 38th greatest comedy film of all time in Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 British-American DeLuxe Color comedy film directed by"
"Faces in the Dark Faces in the Dark is a 1960 British thriller film directed by David Eady and starring John Gregson, Mai Zetterling and John Ireland. The film is based on the 1952 novel ""Les Visages de l'ombre"" by Boileau-Narcejac. Richard Hammond, an aggressive and ambitious business mogul inventor, with little or no time for his wife, friends or family, is blinded in an explosive accident, on the same day his long-suffering wife had planned to leave him. He becomes convinced that he is going mad, but it soon becomes apparent this is a deliberate attempt by someone else."
"A Shot in the Dark (Homicide: Life on the Street) ""A Shot in the Dark"" is the fourth episode of the of the American police drama television series """". It originally aired on NBC in the United States on February 24, 1993. The teleplay was written Jorge Zamacona based on a story by executive producer Tom Fontana, and the episode was directed by Bruce Paltrow. In the episode, Crosetti focuses his investigation into the shooting of Officer Thormann (Lee Tergesen) on one suspect, while Lewis continues to investigate. Meanwhile, Pembleton and Bayliss pursue different leads in the murder case of"
"Electra Glide in Blue Electra Glide in Blue is a 1973 film starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona and Billy ""Green"" Bush as his partner. It was produced and directed by James William Guercio. The name stems from the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle issued to traffic cops. John Wintergreen is a motorcycle cop who patrols the rural Arizona highways with his partner Zipper. Wintergreen is an experienced patrolman looking to be transferred to the Homicide unit. When he is informed by Crazy Willie of an apparent suicide via shotgun, Wintergreen believes the case is actually a murder"
"scale. Taking this into consideration, these films are little marvels for what they could achieve, and earn themselves a position in the annals of film history. Many famous actors made their first film appearances in these pictures, but now that many of them are lost to us forever, the recognition of the remaining few becomes a necessity."" A Shot in the Dark (1933 film) A Shot in the Dark is a 1933 British mystery film directed by George Pearson and starring Dorothy Boyd, O. B. Clarence, Jack Hawkins and Michael Shepley. When a wealthy old man dies suddenly, a local"
"Man in the Dark Man in the Dark is a 1953 film noir drama 3-D film directed by Lew Landers and starring Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter and Ted de Corsia. It is a remake of the 1936 Ralph Bellamy film ""The Man Who Lived Twice"". It was the first Columbia Pictures film released in 3-D. Steve Rawley is serving a 10-year prison sentence for a Christmas Eve factory robbery that netted $130,000 which he hid somewhere. He agrees to experimental brain surgery which is meant to remove the 'criminal element' from him. He is paroled into the custody of Dr."
"Dancers in the Dark Dancers in the Dark is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a taxi dancer (Miriam Hopkins), a big band leader (Jack Oakie), and a gangster (George Raft). The screenplay was co-written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Howard Emmett Rogers from ""Jazz King"", a stage drama by James Ashmore Creelman, and directed by David Burton. The story takes place at a downtown dance hall in which Duke Taylor is the band leader, Gloria Bishop the singer, Floyd Stevens the saxophonist and Louie Brooks a local gangster and regular patron. Gloria has a ""past"" with both Duke and"
"A Shot in the Dark (1935 film) A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont. A college student (Charles Starrett) discovers his roommate’s body hanging from a window and calls the police. What at first looks like suicide turns out to be murder. While a police investigation is ongoing, more students are killed. ""The New York Times"" wrote, """"A Shot in the Dark"", which pictures a trilogy of murders on a rural college campus, telegraphs its punches in a way that may seem insignificant to Chesterfield Productions, Inc., but is as good as"
"Alone in the Dark (1982 film) Alone in the Dark is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, and Martin Landau. It was the director's debut film as well as an early production of New Line Cinema. The plot concerns a family under siege by four escaped patients during a power blackout. Despite having a quiet theatrical release and initially dismissed by critics, years since its release the film has gained reappraisal and has achieved a cult following. Dr. Dan Potter is the replacement for Dr. Harry Merton, a psychiatrist at Dr."
"around the park, isn't completely convinced, so she helps him reconstruct the clues and—hopefully—track down the real killer. Two in the Dark Two in the Dark is a 1936 mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, and Alan Hale. The screenplay concerns an amnesiac suspected of murder. In 1945, Stoloff produced a remake, ""Two O'Clock Courage"", directed by Anthony Mann and starring Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford. Wandering around in the darkness, an amnesiac (Walter Abel) has the feeling that he's murdered someone. He reads that a theatrical producer has been"
"In the Mojave Desert, a policeman pulls over a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Dr. J. Frank Parnell. The policeman opens the trunk, sees a blinding flash of white light, and is instantly vaporized, leaving only his boots behind. Otto Maddox, a young punk rocker in L.A., is fired from his job as a supermarket stock clerk. His girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. Depressed and broke, Otto is wandering the streets when a man named Bud drives up and offers him $25 to drive a car out of the neighborhood. Otto follows Bud in the car to the"
"Los Angeles Union Station and the L.A. City Hall Building (including interiors of the Homicide Bureau). The final scene, where Lt. Sims sends Steve and Ellen home, was shot on the 200 block of North Main Street, with Sterling Hayden leaning against the side of the City Hall Building. Crime Wave (1954 film) Crime Wave (also known as The City Is Dark) is a 1954 film noir, directed by Andre DeToth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in ""The Saturday Evening Post"" - ""Criminal Mark"" by John and Ward Hawkins. 'Doc' Penny (Ted de Corsia) and"
"A Shot in the Dark (1941 film) A Shot in the Dark is a 1941 American drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by M. Coates Webster, starring William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, and Ricardo Cortez. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 5, 1941. The film was based on the short story ""No Hard Feelings"" by Frederick Nebel in the ""Black Mask"" magazine. The movie is also a remake of the Torchy Blane film ""Smart Blonde"" (1937). Nightclub owner Philip Richards (Ricardo Cortez) announced that he will marry Helen Armstrong (Maris Wrixon) and is selling his business"
"Nothing in the Dark ""Nothing in the Dark"" is episode 81 of the American television anthology series ""The Twilight Zone"", originally airing on January 5, 1962. This is one of two episodes that were filmed during season two but held over for broadcast until season three, the other being ""The Grave"". Wanda Dunn, a frail and elderly woman, huddles in a dark basement apartment in an abandoned tenement. She is awoken by an altercation outside, in which Harold Beldon, a young police officer, is shot and falls just outside her door. He cries out that he is dying and pleads"
"In Cold Blood (film) In Cold Blood is a 1967 American crime film written, produced and directed by Richard Brooks, based on Truman Capote's nonfiction book of the same name. It stars Robert Blake as Perry Smith and Scott Wilson as Richard ""Dick"" Hickock, two men who murder a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas, and charts their time as fugitives, capture by police, and eventual executions. Although the film is in parts faithful to the book, Brooks made some slight alterations, including the inclusion of a fictional character, ""The Reporter"" (played by Paul Stewart). The film was shot on"
"Crime Wave (1954 film) Crime Wave (also known as The City Is Dark) is a 1954 film noir, directed by Andre DeToth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in ""The Saturday Evening Post"" - ""Criminal Mark"" by John and Ward Hawkins. 'Doc' Penny (Ted de Corsia) and his gang rob a gasoline station and in the process a police officer is killed and one of the gang members is wounded. The wounded thug imposes himself on Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson), an ex-con trying to start a new life, and demands he call a disreputable doctor for"
"the 1968 live-action film ""Inspector Clouseau"" (with Alan Arkin as Clouseau), the Inspector featured in the opening titles of later ""Pink Panther"" features beginning in the 1970s, changed dramatically to resemble Sellers, and then Steve Martin in the 2006 reboot of the series. The theme music heard during the titles of the cartoon was the instrumental ""A Shot in the Dark"" by Henry Mancini, from the 1964 feature film of the same name (the second entry in the ""Pink Panther"" film series). Additional music in the cartoons was composed initially by William Lava, then by Walter Greene. Two shorts had"
"Through the Dark (1924 film) Through the Dark is a 1924 American silent mystery/crime drama film directed by George W. Hill, and starring Colleen Moore and Forrest Stanley as the popular detective character Boston Blackie. The film's scenario, written by Frances Marion, is based on the short story ""The Daughter of Mother McGinn"" by Jack Boyle. Produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productionss and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures, the film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors upon its release for its depiction of unspecified ""taboo"" subject matter. An incomplete print of ""Through the Dark"" is preserved at"
"Woman in the Dark (1952 film) Woman in the Dark is a 1952 American crime film directed by George Blair and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Penny Edwards, Ross Elliott, Rick Vallin, Richard Benedict, Argentina Brunetti and Martin Garralaga. The film was released on November 15, 1952, by Republic Pictures. At their parents' 40th-anniversary celebration are the Morello brothers, priest Tony, lawyer Phil and wayward Gino, whose comments offend Phil's new fiancee, Evelyn. Gino wants to join gangster Nick Petzik's organization. Petzik plots a jewel heist, after which Gino's lawyer brother, who represents the insurance company, can be"
"The Light in the Dark The Light in the Dark (also known as The Light of Faith and Light of Faith) is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and stars Lon Chaney. Coat-check girl Bessie MacGregor (Hope Hampton), is struck by the car of wealthy society woman Mrs. Templeton Orrin (Theresa Maxwell Conover), who takes Bessie into her home while she recovers. Mrs. Orrin's brother, J. Warburton Ashe (E.K. Lincoln), says he loves Bessie, but when she learns he does not mean it, she flees the home, heartbroken. Unable to find work, Bessie collapses one day"
"the Library of Congress. Through the Dark (1924 film) Through the Dark is a 1924 American silent mystery/crime drama film directed by George W. Hill, and starring Colleen Moore and Forrest Stanley as the popular detective character Boston Blackie. The film's scenario, written by Frances Marion, is based on the short story ""The Daughter of Mother McGinn"" by Jack Boyle. Produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productionss and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures, the film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors upon its release for its depiction of unspecified ""taboo"" subject matter. An incomplete print of ""Through the"
"A Voice in the Dark (film) A Voice in the Dark is a 1921 American black-and-white silent film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ramsey Wallace, Irene Rich, and Alec B. Francis. The film is based on the play ""A Voice in the Dark"" by Ralph E. Dyar (New York, 28 July 1919). Two sisters engaged on the same day: Adele, the younger, to Dr. Hugh Sainsbury, and Blanche, the eldest, to Harlan Day, an assistant district attorney. They are both suspected of committing a murder when Sainsbury is found dead. Blanche has a motive as Sainsbury almost dishonored her"
"Hardy. Both Sellers and he appreciated and understood the comedy styles in silent films and tried to recreate them in their work together. After their immense success with the first two ""Pink Panther"" films, ""The Pink Panther"" (1963) and ""A Shot in the Dark"" (1964), which adapted many silent-film aspects, including slapstick, they attempted to go even further in ""The Party"" (1968). The film has always had a cult following, and some critics and fans have considered it a ""masterpiece in this vein"" of silent comedy, though it did include minimal dialogue. Edwards married his first wife, actress Patricia Walker,"
"but is likely to receive the Legion of Honour instead of the guillotine. Charlie Chan in City in Darkness Charlie Chan in City in Darkness, also titled City in Darkness, is a 1939 mystery film starring Sidney Toler in his fourth performance as detective Charlie Chan. While visiting Prefect of Police Romaine (C. Henry Gordon) in Paris, France, during the Czech annexation crisis in September 1938, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is left to guide Romaine's bumbling godson, Police Inspector Marcel Spivak (Harold Huber), during a blackout. The two are called to the home of Petroff (Douglass Dumbrille), an arms dealer"
"Down Three Dark Streets Down Three Dark Streets is a 1954 crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman. The screenplay was written by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, based on their novel ""Case File FBI"". FBI agent John Ripley investigates the three cases his murdered partner Zack Stewart was working on, thinking there could be a connection. One involves wanted fugitive Joe Walpo, who has killed a gas-station attendant. Another concerns a department store fashion buyer, Kate Martell, who is being extorted by a man threatening to kill her daughter. Ripley and his new"
"They Met in the Dark They Met in the Dark is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Karel Lamac and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German spy ring. The film features a single song sung by Phyllis Stanley, ""Toddle Along"" (Ben Frankel, Moira Heath). ""Radio Times"" noted ""an old-fashioned, run-of-the-mill and unlikely espionage thriller-come-romance, it was topical during the Second World War years, but is rather unrewarding now""; while ""Britmovie"" wrote, ""there are"
"The Hole (1960 film) The Hole () is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni's 1957 book ""The Break"". It was called The Night Watch when first released in the United States, but is released under its French title today. The film is based on a true event concerning five prison inmates in La Santé Prison in France in 1947. Director Becker, who died just weeks after shooting had wrapped, used mostly non-actors for the film's main roles, including one man (Jean Keraudy) who was actually involved in the 1947 escape"
"Footsteps in the Dark (film) Footsteps in the Dark is a light-hearted 1941 mystery film starring Errol Flynn as an amateur detective investigating a murder. Francis Warren (Errol Flynn) appears to have a normal life handling investments, but secretly he writes lurid detective novels under the pseudonym F.X. Pettijohn. His other career is unknown to wife Rita (Brenda Marshall) or to anyone but Inspector Mason (Alan Hale), who mocks the books, insisting that true crime is much more difficult to solve. A man named Leopold Fissue (Noel Madison) turns up, wanting Francis to help him turn uncut diamonds into cash."
"capable performances from all involved but it’s Tom Walls, the urbane Aldwych farceur, who steals the limelight when cast against type as a charming villain."" They Met in the Dark They Met in the Dark is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Karel Lamac and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German spy ring. The film features a single song sung by Phyllis Stanley, ""Toddle Along"" (Ben Frankel, Moira Heath). ""Radio Times"" noted ""an"
"Shield for Murder Shield for Murder is a 1954 film noir crime film co-directed by and starring Edmond O'Brien as a crooked police detective. It was based on the novel of the same name by William P. McGivern. Lieutenant Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien), a 16-year veteran of the police force, has had it with the world he inhabits. In a secluded alley late one night, he fatally shoots a bookmaker in the back and steals the $25,000 the man has on him. He then claims he had been forced to kill the man because he tried to escape custody. Sergeant"