A highly amusing farce, A Shot in the Dark sees Inspector Clouseau apply his unique talents to a puzzling murder enquiry. In the chateau of respected millionaire Benjamin Ballon (George Sanders), the body of his Spanish chauffeur Miguel has been discovered in Maria Gambrelli's (Elke Sommer) room. Since she was found with the smoking gun clutched in her hand, with the door locked from the inside, the conclusion is inescapable. However, when Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is assigned to the case, by mistake, the situation hardly seems so clear-cut. To Clouseau's eyes, it's hardly possible that anyone as beautiful and charming as Maria could be a murderer.