This is easily the best of the franchise. I was laughing so much, and the first time I saw this with my family, everyone was rolling about on the floor laughing. The only other time that has happened was when watching "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (which isn't as amusing anymore). Peter Sellers, who I've admired since Dr. Strangelove, is in his element here as Clousseau. Who can forget the scene when he breaks everything in the billiard room? The storyline is a bit daft and starts a little slow, but the performance of the star more than compensates. The jokes are repeated, like Clousseau getting arrested 5 times,but they do that all the time in comedy, so that isn't an issue. I loved all the jokes, interpreted by the likes of George Sanders(who was in the Jungle Book, one of the best early Disneys)and Herbert Lom. This is off target, but there was another pink panther film, Pink Panther Strikes Again, I think, when Clousseau is swinging on a bar above the stairs,and he lets go off the bar, and falls down the stairs. That made me laugh. I absolutely love Shot in the Dark though. 9/10.Bethany Cox
Review of A Shot in the Dark
