Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Blake Edwards (writer)
Geoffrey Edwards (writer)

Release Date:

12 August 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him...

Plot Keywords:

Clouseau | Computer | Bumbling | Panther | Pink Panther

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 20

5:10 AM

MAX

Cast

David Niven	...	Sir Charles Litton
Robert Wagner	...	George Lytton
Herbert Lom	...	Chief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus
Capucine	...	Lady Simone Litton
Joanna Lumley	...	Countess Chandra
Robert Loggia	...	Bruno Langois
Harvey Korman	...	Prof. Auguste Balls
Burt Kwouk	...	Cato Fong
Ted Wass	...	Sergeant Clifton Sleigh
Roger Moore	...	Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (as Turk Thrust II)
Leslie Ash	...	Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)
Graham Stark	...	Bored Waiter
André Maranne	...	Sergeant Francois Duval
Peter Arne	...	General Bufoni
Patti Davis	...	Michelle Chauvin (as Patricia Davis)

Also Known As:

A Maldição da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa (Brazil) [pt]
Den lyserøde panter ser rødt (Denmark) [da]
Der Fluch des rosaroten Panthers (West Germany) [de]
Klatwa rózowej pantery (Poland) [pl]
L'héritier de la panthère rose (France) [fr]
La maldición de la Pantera Rosa (Spain) [es]
La maldición de la pantera rosa (Argentina) [es]
Pantera rosa - il mistero Clouseau (Italy) [it]
Rosa panterns förbannelse (Sweden) [sv]
To fantasma tou Roz Panthira (Greece) [el]
Vaaleanpunaisen pantterin kirous (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (1984) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain

Company:

Blake Edwards

Trivia:

Roger Moore uses the pseudonym "Turk Thrust II", a nod to his friend Bryan Forbes, who often used the name "Turk Thrust" when playing cameos in his own movies.

Quotes:

Valencia Police Chief: Is that Slay as in to kill?
Sergeant Clifton Sleigh: No. That's Sleigh as in one horse open.

Movie Connections:

Features There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)

Clifton Sleigh Is No Clouseau

After Peter Sellers passed away, the producers of the "Pink Panther" franchise tried to carry on without their star. As evidenced in "Inspector Clouseau," having another actor play the bumbling French detective was not the answer. They tried to fill the void left by Sellers with old footage, in "Trail of the Pink Panther." Then they tried to introduce a new character, a counterpart to Clouseau. Thus was created "Curse of the Pink Panther." Ted Wass plays the newcomer, an amazingly inept New York cop named Clifton Sleigh, who is chosen to investigate Clouseau's disappearance. His act is loaded with slapstick, in attempt to copy Clouseau's style. However, it's not the same. Also appearing in "Curse" is a load of actors from all the previous "Pink Panther" movies, including Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, Burt Kwouk as Kato, and David Niven as Sir Charles Lytton. Watch it if you must, but you'll be reminded of how Peter Sellers will be missed.