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
Shot in the Dark (song) has rarely appeared on Ozzy Osbourne greatest hits compilations as a result. One exception was the original release of "The Ozzman Cometh"; however, the song was omitted from the 2002 re-mastered re-release of this compilation and replaced with "Miracle Man." Both "Just Say Ozzy" (an EP containing an alternate version of "Shot in the Dark") and "The Ultimate Sin" were deleted from Ozzy's catalog in 2002 (although they are now available on iTunes and all digital outlets). The Wildlife version of the song was covered by the Overland brothers' post-Wildlife AOR band FM on their 2012 release "Only Foolin' EP".