The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Charles Dreyfus threatens to destroy the world with a doomsday device if Inspector Clouseau is not killed. Naturally, this is far harder than it sounds.

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Frank Waldman (screenplay), Blake Edwards (screenplay)

Stars:

Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Sellers	...	Chief Inspector Clouseau
Herbert Lom	...	Dreyfus
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Olga
Burt Kwouk	...	Cato Fong
Colin Blakely	...	Drummond
Leonard Rossiter	...	Quinlan
André Maranne	...	Francois (as Andre Maranne)
Byron Kane	...	Secretary of State
Howard K. Smith	...	Himself (scenes deleted)
Dick Crockett	...	The President
Richard Vernon	...	Fassbender
Briony McRoberts	...	Margo Fassbender
Dudley Sutton	...	McClaren
Murray Kash	...	Dr. Zelmo Flek (scenes deleted)
Hal Galili	...	Danny Salvo

Storyline

Charles Dreyfus escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. He doesn't succeed at first, so he takes on another strategy, namely to build a Doomsday machine and demand that someone else kills Jacques Clouseau, or Dreyfus will use the machine to wipe out whole cities and even whole countries... With about 22 assassins from all over the globe on his tail, Clouseau decides to find Dreyfus alone and put him back in the mental asylum.

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Plot Keywords:

clouseau | escape | mental hospital | moat | swan | 

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Taglines:

The all-new adventures of the world's most bumbling detective

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

Inspector Clouseau Strikes Back

Filming Locations:

Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amjo Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First film of Deep Roy.

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Goofs

In the first sequence in the gay bar, Closeau and Ainsley Jarvis are sitting down and talking. The macaw of Bruno defecates on the right shoulder of Closeau's jacket; Bruno wipes the excrement, but it still leaves a stain. Later in this same sequence, that stain disappears completely.

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Quotes

Clouseau: You have received a beump on the head.
Dreyfus: Beump?
Clouseau: What?
Dreyfus: You said beump.
Clouseau: Yes, I know that. It is a large beump. You could receive the concussion from such a beump.

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Crazy Credits

During the opening credits, one of the movies parodied is The Sound of Music (1965), which starred Blake Edwards' wife Julie Andrews.

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Connections

Featured in That's Panthertainment (1978)

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Soundtracks

"Over the Rainbow"
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Performed by Herbert Lom

User Reviews

Clouseau and Cato perform

Of the Pink Panther series of films, this is the best with the possible exception of the original. Clouseau and Cato outdo themselves in the hide and seek game they play in each film. In this one however they have learnt from the mishaps in previous films and set the tone for a truly hilarious turning of events. The visit to the Oktoberfest takes a real comic view of the Cold War but Clouseau's inspection of the Fassbender house is even better. Throughout the film the storyline twists and turns and together with the background tunes combine terrifically -- see Sellers assault on Mondschein castle! The lunatic Dreyfuss is at his craziest from start to finish, how did he get his eye to twitch so much? The Inspector's love interest played by the very sexy Lesley Ann Down adds a further dimension to the plot with James Bond overtones. A film you can watch again and again.