Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
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16% of critics liked it
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27% of users liked it
(5,194 ratings)
After the death of Peter Sellers in 1980, writer/director Blake Edwards assembled a new "Pink Panther" film from outtakes of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from previous movies in the series (the result was called The Trail of the Pink Panther) and later made two attempts to revive the… More After the death of Peter Sellers in 1980, writer/director Blake Edwards assembled a new "Pink Panther" film from outtakes of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from previous movies in the series (the result was called The Trail of the Pink Panther) and later made two attempts to revive the series with another actor. In this case, Edwards cast Roberto Benigni as Jacques Gambrelli, a hopelessly inept French policeman who turns out the be the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau. Gambrelli becomes involved with the investigation of a kidnapping involving the beautiful Princess Yasmin (Debrah Farentino) literally by accident, when he crashes into a car driven by Police Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom). Gambrelli soon becomes smitten with Yasmin, while the investigation suggests that the kidnapping was set up by her mother, the Queen (Shabana Azmi), and her lover, General Jaffar (Aharon Ipale). Claudia Cardinale who played a different character in the original Pink Panther returns, while Burt Kwouk returns as the violent Korean manservant Cato. Roberto Benigni's Gambrelli proved no more successful at the box office than Ted Wass's Clouseau-like Clifton Sleigh in The Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), though after his multiple-Oscar winning success with 1998's La Vita e Bella, Roberto's probably gotten over it. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Blake Edwards
- Genres
- Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 27, 1993 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media
Some kids might like so-so Pink Panther.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
never does it get any more amusing than someone falling down, falling out of a window, or falling off of a bed
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
Delivers a surprising amount of laughs. A guilty pleasure much like Edwards' much-maligned Curse of (1983).
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Dan Lybarger, Nitrate Online
Benigni tries, but it simply isn't any fun without Peter Sellers.
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Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
oh my
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Cast
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Roberto Benigni
as Jacques Gambrelli
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Herbert Lom
as Inspector Dreyfus
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Claudia Cardinale
as Maria
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Debrah Farentino
as Princess Yasmin
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Jennifer Edwards
as Yussa
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Robert Davi
as Hans
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Anton Rodgers
as Chief Lazar
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Burt Kwouk
as Cato
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Graham Stark
as Dr. Balls
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Shabana Azmi
as The Queen
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Nicoletta Braschi
as Jacqueline
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Oliver Cotton
as King
- Noel Davis
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John Francis
as Yacht Captain
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Andrew Hawkins
as French Agent
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Aharon Ipalé
as General Jaffar
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Joe James
as Doctor
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Jacinta Mulcahy
as Louise Chauvin
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Nadim Sawalha
as Lugash Agent
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Liz Smith
as Madame Balls
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Mike Starr
as Hanif
- Savant Tanney
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Buddy Uzzaman
as Wasim
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Bill Wallis
as President
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Dermot Crowley
as Francois
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Mark Schneider
as Arnon
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Steven Crossley
as Reporter
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Henry Goodman
as Anchorman Andre
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Jon Paul Morgan
as Colonel Al-Durai
- Nancy Klopper
