A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) films in the 1970s. As with most of the other Clouseau films, "A Shot in the Dark" featured an animated opening titles sequence produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises featuring an animated version of Inspector Clouseau. This film and "Inspector Clouseau" are the only Clouseau films not to feature the Pink Panther character in the opening titles. Henry Mancini's theme for this film serves as opening theme and incidental music in "The Inspector" cartoon shorts made by DePatie-Freleng from 1965 to 1969. Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" wrote, "It is mad, but the wonderful dexterity and the air of perpetually
A Shot in the Dark (1935 film) a confession to us amateur gumshoes...a decided absence of liveliness both in the writing and the playing"; whereas "Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings" noted, "a very good mystery...It does have some problems, particularly in having a rather stiff and static presentation, but outside of that, this is one of the more pleasant discoveries I've made." 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