Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
Grégoire Aslan
- Chief of Lugash Police
- (as Gregoire Aslan)
Herb Tanney
- Nice Police Chief
- (as Serge Tanney)
Mollie Maureen
- Little Old Lady
- (as Molly Maureen)
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- TriviaMost of Catherine Schell's (Lady Litton's) laughter is genuine. Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau) made her laugh so hard once the camera was rolling, she had a real problem keeping a straight face in many of her scenes with him. This resulted in writer, producer, and director Blake Edwards giving up on trying to get her to react like she was supposed to in the script.
- GoofsLady Litton's drink disappears while she's in the pool.
- Quotes
Blind beggar: I am a musician and the monkey is a businessman. He doesn't tell me what to play, and I don't tell him what to do with his money.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits, the Pink Panther's actions and costumes provide references to Carmen Miranda, Esther Williams, Charles Chaplin, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Groucho Marx, George Raft and Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein's monster).
- Alternate versionsThe first DVD release, put out by Artisan Entertainment, did not feature the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio version of the film. Instead, the pan-and-scan version of the film was cropped, and the DVD was presented in a matted aspect ratio of 1.85:1--approximately 25% of the screen was lost in this process.
- ConnectionsEdited into Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
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This is probably the Panther film that has the funniest gags of the series, but they are scattered disparately throughout. It's clear that Edwards and co. was spoofing James Bond here in the Sir Charles scenes (or, as others have pointed out, perhaps the Bond films were spoofing the Clouseau films?). I was never much of a fan of the Bond series, so naturally these were, perhaps, jokes I just didn't get. But there is much to like here for Peter Sellers fans as well. My favorite is his interrogation of the beggar and his "minkey" that ends with him so wrapped up in trivia that he ignores a bank robbery. As I said, the Sellers bits are what make the film really shine, but I could've done without the emphasis on the Christopher Plummer character (though I must admit I liked him as Sir Charles better than David Niven, in the first Panther film). Watch out for Catherine Schell not even trying to hide her amusement at Clouseau's antics! That's almost worth the price of admission itself...
- elisereid-29666
- Jan 16, 2020
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- El regreso de la pantera rosa
- Filming locations
- Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Switzerland(lobby scenes)
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- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,833,347
- Gross worldwide
- $41,833,423
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By what name was The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) officially released in India in Hindi?
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