The Pink Panther Strikes Again

"Why are the world's chief assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is."

1976 1h 43m EN

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Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

“Why are the world's chief assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is.”

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Cast

Peter Sellers
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Herbert Lom
Dreyfus
Leonard Rossiter
Quinlan
Colin Blakely
Drummond
Graham Stark
Hotel Clerk
Byron Kane
Secretary of State
Dick Crockett
President
Richard Vernon
Fassbender

Credits

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Director: Blake Edwards
Writers: Frank Waldman, Blake Edwards
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.6× over at the box office.

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ERA

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50 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Pink Panther (Original) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Blake Edwards, shot by Harry Waxman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Henry Mancini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alan Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom and Leonard Rossiter carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Blake Edwards directs. Harry Waxman behind the camera. Henry Mancini scores. Alan Jones cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 5.6× over at the box office.
250 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "The Pink Panther (Original) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Blake Edwards, shot by Harry Waxman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Henry Mancini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Alan Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom and Leonard Rossiter carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Why are the world's chief assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is.".
10IMDB entry: tt0075066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Waxman
Original score: Henry Mancini
Editing: Alan Jones
Production design: Peter Mullins
Makeup / hair: Harry Frampton
Stunt coordinator: John Sullivan
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $33,833,201
Return: 564% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Part of

The Pink Panther (Original) Collection

The Pink Panther is a movie series of live action mixed with animation totaling in six official films and three not official films. The main character is a clumsy inspector named Jacques Clouseau who is played by Peter Sellers in the official Pink Panther films. Today The Pink Panther is the famous trademark of a huge franchise.

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Charles Dance2017-02-14
★ 10/10
The best of the Panther films As much James Bond film as Pink Panther movie, this 1976 entry begins with former Chief Inspector Dreyfus, (Herbert Lom) about to be released from the lunatic asylum and all is going well - until Chief Inspector Clouseau turns up... Within minutes, the newly sane former police commissioner Dreyfus is reduced to a gibbering maniac - hell bent on destroying the world unless the authorities deliver Clouseau to him. The following 90 minutes consist of an inflatable Quasimodo hovering above Notre Dame cathedral, an absurd fight with an 'oriental lunatic', assassin wars at the Oktoberfest, a dentist with a plastic nose and the destruction of the United Nations building. Sellers and director Blake Edwards did everything right here. With a script this insane - they couldn't really go wrong.
CinemaSerf2024-04-22
★ 7/10
Imagine poor old "Dreyfus" (Herbert Lom). Once the proud chief detective of the Sûreté now reduced to trying to convince his psychiatrist that he is over his kill-Clouseau phase and is ready to resume his place in society. Guess who turns up to wish him well at his hearing in front of the sanity commission...? Oops! Back to square one. Scoot on a bit and "Dreyfus" is now so obsessed with revenge that he has assembled a gathering of criminal minds that would make "Spectre" looks like the boy scouts. He issues the world with an ultimatum. Deliver "Clouseau" or face the imminent destruction of the globe! Meantime, the hapless sleuth (Peter Sellers) has decided that he will put himself on the trail of his nemesis whilst trying to avoid some of the twenty-odd assassins out to get him and his own, trained-to-kill manservant "Cato" (Burt Kwouk). Lom is on great form here as the maniacal character bent on getting his pound of flesh, and as Sellers wanders about leaving comedic mayhem in his path, I was with very much with him! By now, this character is established and we know what to expect with the silly accent, slapstick antics and the incompetent bumblings gently entertaining as the soundtrack and the narrative takes a pop at a few other stories (and even director Blake Edwards' wife) as it moves along. I would have preferred a different conclusion, but I suppose that was never to be in a world where a bum actually explodes and a game of croquet can lead to concussion and near drowning. It's almost as good as the first film, and shows an ability amongst everyone here to be funny without over complicating things.