Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

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

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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:

The film was intended to spin off the character of Clifton Sleigh as the next Inspector Clouseau in series of new Pink Panther movies, but it never took off. Ten years later, the series was revisited with Clouseau's son instead picking up the mantle in Son of the Pink Panther (1993).

Quotes:

Sergeant Clifton Sleigh: [offering photograph] Do you know this man?
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau: No! I have never seen this person ever in my life! Never!
Sergeant Clifton Sleigh: It's Inspector Clouseau.
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau: *Chief* Inspector.
Lady Simone Litton: *That's* Inspector Clouseau.
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau: *Chief* Inspector!
Sergeant Clifton Sleigh: You know him?
Lady Simone Litton: Yes!
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau: What?!

Movie Connections:

References Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

Amusing moments along with ridiculous is this new entry Inspector Clouseau with a late Sellers

This following series is a new attempt to maintain the slipstick franchise in spite of Peter Sellers death by means the substituting in American actor Ted Wass.He's investigating bungling Clouseau disappearance and is on the trail of the jewel known as the Pink Panther.Clouseau's previous chief(Herbert Lom) threatens to destroy the new detective.At the same time Ted Wass like Clouseau is making life intolerable for the Inspector Dreyfuss.Then he goes to the Clouseau museum where he finds to Kato(Burt Kwouk)to the French Riveira,Valencia(Spain)where encounters mobsters(Robert Loggia)wish to kill him .Later in a yacht(along with the habitual David Niven,Capucine,Robert Wagner)he goes to Mallorca.There attempts to track down the Clouseau trail but he finds a suspect Countess Chandra(Joanna Lumley).This is arguably one of most average of the series about the botcher Inspector.

In this slapdash comedy Wass attempts to investigate whether or no Clouseau is living somewhere.This slapstick release has some hilarious moments here and there.Ted Wass is sympathetic imitating to Sellers,outdoing his botcher and diverting character . The actors seem to enjoy themselves immensely but they are supposedly amusing holidays in Riveira,Mallorca,Valencia.In the film appear the usual series as Herbert Lom( chief Inspector Dreyfuss),Andre Maranne(Sergeant Francois Duval),Grahame Stark(as a bored waiter)and the professor(Harvey Korman).The movie is simultaneously filmed with ¨Trail to the Pink Panther¨where equally the protagonist(Joanna Lumley)is looking for Inspector Clouseau.Writer,producer,director Blake Edwards although gets some inspired bits penned by him however he attempts to alive his classic personage with no much success.Rating: Mediocre but entertaining