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
A Shot in the Dark (Homicide: Life on the Street) 11-year-old Adena Watson. The shooting of a police officer and the murder of young girl were both directly inspired by real-life events chronicled in David Simon's non-fiction book, "", on which the series was based. "A Shot in the Dark" continued a string of guest appearances by actress Edie Falco as Eva Thormann, the wife of Officer Thormann. "A Shot in the Dark" was seen by 8.9 million households in its original broadcast. Although an improvement over the previous episode "", the rating was considered a disappointment, continuing the show's downward trend in ratings. "A Shot in the Dark" suffered