A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 British-American DeLuxe Color comedy film directed by Blake Edwards in Panavision. It is the second installment in "The Pink Panther" film series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté. Clouseau's blundering personality is unchanged, but it was in this film that Sellers began to give him the idiosyncratically exaggerated French accent that was to later become a hallmark of the character. The film also marks the first appearances of Herbert Lom as his long-suffering boss, Commissioner Dreyfus, as well
Follow the Boys (song) the US typically peaking in the Top 20 with Top Ten status achieved in Dallas and Philadelphia along with some smaller markets. Nationally "Follow the Boys" peaked at No.17 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in April 1963 where it would be Francis' final showing in the Top 20. The single was markedly more successful as ranked by "Cash Box" spending two weeks at No.11. The B-side of "Follow the Boys", "Waiting For Billy", written by Davis and Mencher with Dramato Palumbo was also from the "Follow the Boys" film, and refers to the Roger Perry character's name being Billy Pulaski.