Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell

Inspector Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.

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G, 113 min.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Release Date: May 21, 1975

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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001

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  • February 8, 2009
    A decade after playing Inspector Clouseau in Shot in the Dark Peter Sellers returns along with the Pink Panther in Blake Edwards 1975 film that saw a return to form (sort of) of the Pink Panther films.

    The Pink Panther diamond has been stolen and the Phantom's trademark glove ha...( read more)s been left at the scene of the crime. The government demands that Clouseau, who has been knocked down to a simple patrolman, come to solve the case. The thing is that the real Phantom Sir Charles Litton (Christopher Plummer taking over for David Niven) has been in retirement and did not commit the crime. So as Clouseau bumbles his way through the investigation Litton is also trying to figure out who the fake Phantom is.

    The plot to Return of the Pink Panther is dull. Very dull. It's basically Plummer's boring search intercut with Peter Sellers being Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom going nuts again. It's probably a good thing that Sellers returned for this film because I can not imagine how boring it would be without his presence. He saves the film from total disaster, but it's still a dry and slow piece that probably could have shaved twenty minutes off. This movie is for Pink Panther completists and Sellers fans only.
  • May 12, 2008
    This is old school slapstick at its best, which is not saying much, but Peter Sellers is great.
  • January 1, 2008
    funny sequel ........................
  • July 16, 2007
    A pretty fun film in the series.
  • February 27, 2007
    Probably good fun for kids, but the humour is crude and juvenile compared to the earlier films (which weren't THAT great anyway)
  • November 19, 2009
    Peter Sellers. Huzzah!
  • October 15, 2009
    The Pink Panther Diamond is stolen with only one clue left behind - a white glove, the trademark of the world-renowned jewel thief, The Phantom. Believed to be retired, he immediately becomes the chief suspect on Inspector Clouseau's list. Wanting to clear his name, The Phantom s...( read more)ets out to find the real thief and sends Clouseau bumbling along on a false trail. Inspector Clouseau's antics finally push his boss, Chief Inspector Dreyfus, over the edge and he sets out to murder Clouseau to be rid of him once and for all!

    stars Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Peter Arne, David Lodge, Graham Sark, Peter Jeffrey and Greorge Aslan.

    directed by Blake Edwards.
  • August 24, 2009
    Great funny movie. My sides hurt from laughing; movie contains famous movie phrases.
  • July 21, 2009
    Respectable entry in the franchise but not as screamingly funny as the previous two.
  • June 30, 2009
    hmm funny in parts, shockingly ba in the other parts.

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  • xXLittleSparrowXx
    May 1, 2007
    This is one of ny favorite movies ever! Its so funny, I think its the funniest of all the Pink Panther movies! Its great you should really see this!

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