Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Blake Edwards (story)
Frank Waldman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 July 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

Inspector Clouseau is back...and he's a bigger fool than anyone gives him the credits for.

Plot:

To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau...

Plot Keywords:

Clouseau | Panther | Pink | Pink Panther | Police Detective

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Peter Sellers	...	Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau
Herbert Lom	...	Chief Insp. Charles Dreyfus
Burt Kwouk	...	Cato Fong
Dyan Cannon	...	Simone Legree
Robert Webber	...	Philippe Douvier
Tony Beckley	...	Guy Algo
Robert Loggia	...	Al Marchione
Paul Stewart	...	Julio Scallini
André Maranne	...	Sgt. François Chevalier (as Andre Maranne)
Graham Stark	...	Professor Auguste Balls
Alfie Bass	...	Fernet
Sue Lloyd	...	Claude Russo
Danny Schiller	...	Cunny
Douglas Wilmer	...	Police Commissioner
Ferdy Mayne	...	Dr. Paul Laprone

Also Known As:

Blake Edwards' Revenge of the Pink Panther (UK) (complete title)
The Curse of the Pink Panther (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) | Iceland:L | New Zealand:PG | Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-12 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Jewel Productions

Trivia:

While shooting in Hong Kong, a policeman saw Burt Kwouk steal a motor scooter and actually chased and arrested him. It took several hours to convince the cop that it was for a movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Claude Russo, disguised as Clouseau, crashes Cato's car into a tree, a news announcer states that Clouseau was dead before his car hit a telephone pole.

Quotes:

Simone Legree: Simone.
[palm reading Scallini's hand]
Simone Legree: I can tell that you're a very passionate man. Do you see how long this line is?
Julio Scallini: Keep watching: it's gonna get longer.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Batman" (1966)

Soundtrack:

M'APPARI, TUTT'AMOR

A bit of an improvement over the last Panther film--and the last Panther film worth watching

Be forewarned--no matter what you see, this is THE last Pink Panther movie. Shortly after this film, Peter Sellers died and the studio had the nerve to try to continue the franchise! On the first, we have a female cop take on the case and interview all the characters from the previous films. In the second of these awful films (THE TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER), we find outtakes and clips from the previous Panther films being strung together with a tenuous plot. In the third, Roberto Begnini stars as Clouseau's son (a pretty lame way to continue the series). And just recently Steve Martin (whose career really seems in the dumps during the last few years) reprises the role. Uggh! Just let it go, folks! In this FINAL Panther movie, Sellers is up to his old craziness but the film isn't quite as way out and weird as the last. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is out of the mental asylum after it is widely reported that Clouseau is dead. Kato also thinks Clouseau is dead and turns the apartment into a kinky Chinese brothel. But, Clouseau is NOT dead and Kato's scheme is quickly uncovered. However, Dreyfus is not informed of this and when he sees Clouseau again, he thinks he's once again going mad. A cute entry and well worth seeing, despite Robert Weber and Dyan Cannon not exactly being the best supporting cast the series has seen.