A Shot in the Dark (1964 film) as Burt Kwouk as his stalwart man servant Cato and André Maranne as François, all of whom would become series regulars. Elke Sommer portrays the murder suspect, Maria Gambrelli. The character of Gambrelli would return in "Son of the Pink Panther" (1993), this time played by Claudia Cardinale, who appeared as Princess Dala in "The Pink Panther" (1963). Graham Stark, who portrays police officer Hercule Lajoy, would reprise this role eighteen years later, in "Trail of the Pink Panther" (1982). The film was not originally written to include Clouseau, but was an adaptation of a stage play by Harry Kurnitz
A Shot in the Dark (Family Guy) A Shot in the Dark (Family Guy) "A Shot in the Dark" is the ninth episode of the fourteenth season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and the 258th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 13, 2015, and is written by Mike Desilets and directed by Brian Iles. This episode was originally produced under the title "Stand Your Brown", a play on the Stand-your-ground law and Cleveland's last name Brown. In the episode inspired from the 2012 controversial death of Trayvon Martin, Peter joins a neighborhood watch group and is accused of being racist