A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) adapted from the French play "L'Idiote" by Marcel Achard. The film was released only a few months after the first Clouseau film, "The Pink Panther". Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) of the Sûreté, the French national police, is called to the country home of millionaire Benjamin Ballon (George Sanders) to investigate the murder of his chauffeur, Miguel Ostos. The chauffeur was having an affair with one of the maids, Maria Gambrelli (Elke Sommer), and attacked her in her bedroom after she broke off with him. Miguel was shot and killed in her bedroom and Maria was found with the smoking gun
I Will Follow You into the Dark from the song. The book series, "ghostgirl", references the song in the books. A parody of the song, entitled "I Will Follow You into the Abyss of Death", is featured in the 2007 film "Alvin and the Chipmunks". In the movie, protagonist Dave Seville (Jason Lee) pitches the tune to record company executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), who pans it after hearing only a few seconds, and then encourages Seville to abandon his songwriting career. I Will Follow You into the Dark "I Will Follow You into the Dark" is a song by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie,