Le Pig-Al Patrol (1967)

Directed by

Gerry Chiniquy

Genre

animation

Country

United States

Runtime

6 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling French detective tries to catch international criminals but usually ends up the victim of their schemes. His angry boss yells at him for his repeated failures.

slapstickzanyfast-pacedsurrealcartoonishcomedicfrustrated

What happens

The Inspector is an American series of 34 theatrical cartoon shorts produced between 1965 and 1969 by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and released through United Artists. The cartoons are dedicated to an animated version of Inspector Clouseau comically battling against a rogues' gallery of internationally styled villains. Outside of the episode titles, much of the humor in these shorts is derived in part from the surreality of the villains and situations, and also from the stylized animated slapstick, the brunt of which is endured by the Inspector, who is often bested by his nemeses, forcing him to face the wrath of his supervisor, the blustery and ill-tempered Commissioner (based on Herbert Lom's portrayal of Commissioner Dreyfus, if somewhat more violent) who holds him in well-deserved contempt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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