Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

Directed by

Blake Edwards

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 208 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An inept American detective is sent to find the missing Inspector Clouseau. He stumbles through a series of bumbling misadventures in his search.

sillyfarcicallightheartedclumsywhimsicalcampyplayfulfun

What happens

Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 comedy film and a continuation of The Pink Panther series of films created by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Peter Sellers. Whereas the previous film Trail of the Pink Panther made use of unused footage of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and starred Joanna Lumley as journalist Marie Jouvet, Curse attempted to relaunch the series with a new lead, Ted Wass, as inept American detective Clifton Sleigh, assigned to find the missing Inspector Clouseau. The film features a cameo by Roger Moore—as Clouseau himself—at the end of the film. This was David Niven's final film appearance after having died two weeks prior to its release. The film marked Herbert Lom's sixth outing as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus. Lom would reprise the role for the last time in Son of the Pink Panther (1993). Capucine made her second and final appearance as Lady Simone Lytton; she originally played Simone Clouseau, Jacques Clouseau's wife in the first film. Curse also featured the sixth Panther appearances of Clouseau's manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk) and Sgt. François Chevalier (André Maranne). Cato, Dreyfus, and François all debuted in A Shot in the Dark (1964). This is the last The Pink Panther film to feature the character Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the original film series. The film did poorly, receiving many negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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