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 also the title of an episode of "Grey's Anatomy" in the fifth season, originally airing in March 2009. It was used in the 2011 "Nikita" episode "Into the Dark" (of which it was also the namesake), and was also used in the film "Friends With Benefits" the same year. An instrumental version of the song was featured in the 2011 film "Crazy, Stupid, Love." The song was also used for the end credits of Mike Birbiglia's Netflix comedy special "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend." The 2012 film "Into the Dark", originally titled "I Will Follow You Into the Dark", derives its name