A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark (1964)

4 mistakes since 24 Aug '21, 07:12

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Continuity mistake: Clouseau gets his left foot stepped on by Dominique Ballon causing him to hop around holding his left leg. A shot later he's holding his right foot.

Rob245

Other mistake: When Dreyfus crosses his arms, that position he does is impossible for him to have stabbed himself. He'd have had to raise his right arm up with the letter opener pointing directly towards the left side of his chest then thrust downward.

Rob245

Other mistake: When Clouseau's in the nudist camp garden he's mostly dry. Somehow so is the guitar he was carrying when he fell into the pond.

Rob245

Continuity mistake: Maria rips Clouseau's suit, and he tells her not to worry and starts pulling it back up. The shot cuts and it's back down again.

manthabeat

Dreyfus: What about the maid?
Clouseau: The maid?
Dreyfus: Was he jealous of her too? He strangled her.
Clouseau: It is possible that his intended victim was a man and that he made a mistake.
Dreyfus: A mistake?.. in a nudist camp?
Clouseau: Nobody's perfect.
Dreyfus: Idiot nincompoop lunatic.

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Trivia: When Clouseau spins the globe in his office after the first interrogation of Maria, the part calls for him to catch his hand. Peter Sellers ad-libbed a line about Africa being all over his hand. Just before the dissolve to the next scene, the actors start to grin at the ad-lib. (00:35:45)

turkman143

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