…the picture that gets away with murder!
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
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Character
Comic, cool, classical in form and effortless.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Peter SellersJacques Clouseau
- Elke SommerMaria Gambrelli
- George SandersBenjamin Ballon
- Herbert LomCharles Dreyfus
- Graham StarkHercule LaJoy
- Moira RedmondSimone
- Tracy ReedDominique Ballon
- Burt KwoukKato
- André MaranneFrançois
- Vanda GodsellMadame LaFarge
Crew
- Blake EdwardsDirector
- Blake EdwardsScreenplay
- William Peter BlattyScreenplay
- Christopher ChallisDirector of Photography
- Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
- Bert BatesEditor
- Ralph E. WintersEditor
- Blake EdwardsProducer
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