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A Shot in the Dark

Movie · 1964 · 102 min

A breezy, silly whodunit where the jokes and slapstick keep you grinning even as the bodies pile up.

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1964 film by Blake Edwards
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Year
1964
Runtime
102 min
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • class
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour9
Realism3
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight2

Details

Genres
comedy, crime, mystery
Directed by
Blake Edwards
Written by
Marcel Achard, William Peter Blatty
Starring
Peter Sellers, George Sanders, Elke Sommer, Herbert Lom, Bryan Forbes, Burt Kwouk, Graham Stark, Douglas Wilmer
Music
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
Christopher Challis
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Languages
Spanish, English

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