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The Pink Panther Strikes Again

  • 1976
  • PG
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
31K
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), who has finally cracked over Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers') antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
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After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.

  • Director
    • Blake Edwards
  • Writers
    • Frank Waldman
    • Blake Edwards
  • Stars
    • Peter Sellers
    • Herbert Lom
    • Lesley-Anne Down
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    31K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Blake Edwards
    • Writers
      • Frank Waldman
      • Blake Edwards
    • Stars
      • Peter Sellers
      • Herbert Lom
      • Lesley-Anne Down
    • 133User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    The Pink Panther Strikes Again: Clouseau Flies Again
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    The Pink Panther Strikes Again: The Fur Coat Scene
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    Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
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    Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
    Peter Sellers and Lesley-Anne Down in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
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    Peter Sellers
    Peter Sellers
    • Chief Inspector Clouseau
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Charles Dreyfus
    Lesley-Anne Down
    Lesley-Anne Down
    • Olga
    Burt Kwouk
    Burt Kwouk
    • Cato
    Colin Blakely
    Colin Blakely
    • Drummond
    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Quinlan
    André Maranne
    André Maranne
    • Francois
    • (as Andre Maranne)
    Byron Kane
    Byron Kane
    • Secretary of State
    Howard K. Smith
    Howard K. Smith
    • Self
    • (scenes deleted)
    Dick Crockett
    Dick Crockett
    • The President
    Richard Vernon
    Richard Vernon
    • Dr. Hugo Fassbender
    Briony McRoberts
    • Margo Fassbender
    Dudley Sutton
    Dudley Sutton
    • McClaren
    Murray Kash
    • Dr. Zelmo Flek
    • (scenes deleted)
    Hal Galili
    Hal Galili
    • Danny Salvo
    Robert Beatty
    Robert Beatty
    • Admiral
    Bob Sherman
    Bob Sherman
    • C.I.A. Agent
    Phil Brown
    Phil Brown
    • Virginia Senator
    • Director
      • Blake Edwards
    • Writers
      • Frank Waldman
      • Blake Edwards
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      One trailer for this movie consisted entirely of bloopers.
    • Goofs
      When Dreyfus makes the U.N. building disappear at 3 p.m. EST, it is broad daylight in Germany, where it should be 9 p.m.
    • Quotes

      Clouseau: Does your dog bite?

      Alpenros Hotel Clerk: No.

      Clouseau: [bowing down to pet the dog] Nice doggie.

      [Dog barks and bites Clouseau in the hand]

      Clouseau: I thought you said your dog did not bite!

      Alpenros Hotel Clerk: That is not my dog.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits begin with an animated Inspector Clouseau entering a cinema hall to watch a film. He is constantly beleaguered by the Pink Panther, however, and when the Panther appears on the screen impersonating various features (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Batman, King Kong, The Sound of Music, Dracula, Singin' in the Rain, and a silent film), the Inspector finally loses his temper and climbs into the screen to get him... ending up trapped inside.
    • Alternate versions
      Earlier versions of this film had all sight of Peter Sellers' nunchaku removed from UK video releases until the censors' weapons reform in 1999. All versions of this film released after that time have the nunchaku reinstated.
    • Connections
      Edited into Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Until You Love Me
      Composed by Henry Mancini

      Lyrics by Don Black

      Sung by Julie Andrews

    User reviews133

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    8/10
    "The maddest of them all"
    This was the fourth movie in the Pink Panther franchise and, despite the title, the titular diamond that was the namesake of the original and The Return of… has nothing to do with this entry. By now, Pink Panther had come to mean not gimmick for the sake of a comedy plot, but the world of the wonderfully inept Inspector Clouseau, and a vibrant brand of latter-day screen slapstick.

    One of the most consistently brilliant elements of the earlier pictures was Clouseau's relationship with the increasingly demented Dreyfuss. For The Pink Panther Strikes Again, this relationship becomes the central premise of the whole movie. As such the scope is there for more-or-less continuous comedy with very little else to complicate it. Apart from, that is, a James Bond spoof slant, with Dreyfuss taking on the role of the eccentric super villain. This in turn allows for some large-scale actiony gags, reminiscent of the wilder escapades of silent comics Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. Peter Sellers's stunt double Joe Dunne received a lot of work here.

    This also allows for a greater part to be taken in comic staging by director Blake Edwards. A Shot in the Dark was nearly all Sellers, and that was very good in its way, but for Strikes Again we really get to see Edwards's outsize and somewhat surreal comic creations at their most unbridled, from the perfectly-timed three way fight between Clouseau, Cato and Dreyfuss to Clouseau's bungled attempts to get into Dreyfuss's castle. But Edwards still has a way with the smaller comedy confection, as usual his trademark tactic being to make almost everything invisible to the audience, showing just enough to make a gag work. For example, there is a very funny set-up in a public toilet where we only see the feet at the bottom of the cubicles.

    There's a lot of verbal comedy too in the Blake Edwards/Frank Waldman screenplay, which is of a middling quality and gets a little tiresome at times. But as we see for example in the scene where Sellers interrogates the professor's house staff, Sellers and Edwards have brilliant timing in punctuating a talky scene with physical gags. Occasionally the humour gets just a little too silly, and there are a lot of clichés – such as the "that is not my dog" line, which I'm sure predates this movie, and the stepping-on-a-rake gag, which predates cinema.

    But perhaps this latter is a deliberate tribute to the staples of slapstick. It becomes apparent, as Clouseau inadvertently survives numerous assassination attempts, that he succeeds purely by virtue of the fact that he is a slapstick hero and a wake of chaos must follow him wherever he goes. It is a kind of meta-comedy. And herein lies one of the slightly disappointing things about this movie. Often Clouseau is saved, not directly by his incompetence, but by sheer luck. When a giant pretzel stops him getting skewered by a killer disguised as a buxom wench, it is funny, but it is not really a Clouseau gag. It seems, with Sellers's lessening interest in the franchise (not to mention the heart condition which kept the aforementioned Mr Dunne employed), that perhaps the character around whom the whole thing revolved was beginning to be watered down.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 15, 1976 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Inspector Clouseau and the Doomsday Machine
    • Filming locations
      • Munich, Bavaria, Germany(Hotel Bayerischer Hof and Oktoberfest)
    • Production company
      • Amjo Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,833,201
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,833,201
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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