The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth
film in the
Pink Panther series and continues the story after the end of
The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film [i] in the Pink Panther [i] series, released in North America [i] ...
.
Unused footage from the film was later included in
Trail of the Pink Panther was a 1982 [i] movie [i] starring Peter Sellers [i]....
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Encyclopedia
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth
film in the
Pink Panther series and continues the story after the end of
The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film [i] in the Pink Panther [i] series, released in North America [i] ...
.
Unused footage from the film was later included in
Trail of the Pink Panther was a 1982 [i] movie [i] starring Peter Sellers [i]....
.
Plot
The story begins with former Chief Inspector
Charles Dreyfus getting out of the sanitarium, kidnapping Professor Fassbender and forcing him to build a
disintegrator ray. This is all part of Dreyfus's elaborate plot to get rid of Clouseau by blackmailing world leaders into
assassinating him.
Clouseau travels to
England to investigate Fassbender's disappearance, with typically chaotic results, as
Scotland Yard Superintendent Quinlan learns painfully. Meanwhile Dreyfus disintegrates the
United Nations headquarters in
New York City. The
President of the United States demands to know what's going on.
Forced to take Dreyfus's threat seriously, several nations send hit men to kill Clouseau, but in his usual bumbling fashion Clouseau manages to evade each assassination attempt just as it is about to happen, and the assassins end up killing each other instead. The only survivors are the
Egyptian and
Soviet Russian operatives. The Russian, Olga Bariosova seduces the Egyptian , mistaking him for Clouseau. His passionate lovemaking convinces her not to assassinate him, and when he is replaced by the real Clouseau she confuses him by declaring her undying love.
Clouseau eventually infiltrates Dreyfus's
castle hideout disguised as a
dentist, pulls one of Dreyfus's
good teeth and intoxicates him with
nitrous oxide. Laughing hysterically, Dreyfus orders Clouseau killed, but he escapes and manages to redirect the disintegrator so that it destroys Dreyfus's castle and Dreyfus himself.
Returning to
Paris, Clouseau is reunited with Olga, but their romantic evening is interrupted by Cato , still under orders to keep Clouseau on his toes by randomly attacking him, and in a hilarious climax they all end up in the
Seine.
Trivia
- Graham Stark, long time friend of Sellers, once again makes a return, albeit a small cameo role, as the owner of a small German motel. Since his role as Hercule LaJoy in A Shot In The Dark, he has since appeared in small roles in every Pink Panther movie.
- The character Dr. Fassbender is a rather blatant nod to one of Seller's earlier films What's New Pussycat where Sellers played a character named Dr. Fritz Fassbender.
- The film, like its prequel and subsequent sequel, was considered a box office success.
- The role of Olga Bariosova was originally offered to Maud Adams.
- The original cut of the film ran for 124 minutes. However, it was soon trimmed down for release in Cinemas. Some of the deleted footage can be seen in Trail of the Pink Panther.
- Due to Peter Sellers heart condition, whenever possible, he would have his stunt double Dick Crockett stand in for him. Due to Blake Edward's preference to shoot as if viewed from a proscenium
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, this would occur quite frequently.
- Is the only Pink Panther movie which has a storyline that follows on from the previous film.
- It has been rumored, but not confirmed, that during Graham Stark's scene, his smoking pipe had been filled with marijuana. This caused the shoot to take much longer than usual, as Stark found it difficult to hold his composure.
- This film is generally considered the funniest in the series. However, some fans argue that A Shot In The Dark is a superior film due to its more plausible plot.
- During the title sequence, there are references to Alfred Hitchcock, Batman, King Kong, The Sound of Music is a Broadway [i] musical [i] and film [i] ...
, Dracula, Singin' in the Rain and Steamboat Bill Jr., putting the Pink Panther character and the animated persona of Inspector Clouseau into recognisable events from said movies. Richard Williams ' did the animated opening & closing sequences for the film instead of DePatie Freleng.
Quotes
- "For me, the greater the odds, the greater the challenge. And as always, I accept the challenge."
- "A bee keeper who has lost his voice, a cook who thinks he's a gardener and a witness to a murder. Oh yes, it's obvious to my trained eye, that there is much more going on here, than meets the ear."
- "Most ingenious. The old closet ploy. I really must congratulate you, if there's one thing I enjoy, it's a good closet ploy."
- "Until we meet again and the case is solv-ed."
- "There is a beautiful woman in my bed and a dead man in my bath."
- "Tell me, do you have a reum?"
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