1978
PG
United Artists
1 h 39 m

1978
PG
United Artists
1 h 39 m

Summary To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.

Directed By: Blake Edwards

Written By: Frank Waldman, Ron Clark, Blake Edwards

1978
PG
United Artists
1 h 39 m

1978
PG
United Artists
1 h 39 m

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Name: Revenge of the Pink Panther
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978-07-19
Duration: 1 min 39 s
Rating: 65
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 13 User Ratings

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Directed By: Blake Edwards

Written By: Frank Waldman, Ron Clark, Blake Edwards

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
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38% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Washington Post

Edwards and his collaborators have wisely chosen to give an audience just what it wants and expects from a Pink Panther film - riotous slapstick, spectacular stunts and Sellers in a variety of accents and disguises that give him free reign and lead to inevitable uproariousness. [19 July 1978, p.E1]

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Newsweek

Peter Sellers's marvelously inept French Inspector Clouseau takes his fifth bow in Revenge of the Pink Panther - and you can't help loving it. Sellers and writer-director Blake Edwards clearly have no interest in tampering with their pat, profitable formula. They give us what we have come to expect from the series: a slapstick farce with raucous sight gags, wild chases and crass jokes that must be inspired by Playboy cartoons. [24 July 1978, p.59]

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Village Voice

Many reviewers have given the current exhibit low marks for vitality and originality, but then, most reviewers have never been wild about any of the Pink Panther movies. It is the public, not the critics, that made the Clouseau creations the highest grossing comedy series in the history of theatrical motion pictures. It is the perfect entertainment for children of all ages because it is not really designed as the perfect entertainment for children of all ages. [31 July 1978, p.35]

By Andrew Sarris FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

If you have the Clouzot habit, as I have, there's very little that Mr. Edwards and Mr. Sellers could do that would make you find the movie disappointing.

By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Peter Sellers, as Inspector Clouseau, puts on a lot of funny costumes and has a lot of funny accidents. It was a good routine in 1964, and it's a good routine 14 years later. But it has gotten sloppier over the years.

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TV Guide Magazine

The fifth picture of the Pink Panther series, this wasn't as good as most of the others. It's a bit too unfocused, and the scenes shift to locations all over the world, like a comic version of a James Bond movie, but a good cast led by Sellers, under Edwards' direction, still provides plenty of laughs.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

There are pratfalls and car chases and explosions enough to please youngsters but the adult appeal of the Pink Panther series has disappeared. [24 July 1978]

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15% Negative
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Production Company Jewel Productions, Sellers-Edwards productions, Pimlico Films

Release Date Jul 19, 1978

Duration 1 h 39 m

Rating PG

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Tagline Inspector Clouseau is back...and he's a bigger fool than anyone gives him the credits for.

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Awards

Evening Standard British Film Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Grammy Awards

• 1 Nomination

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Peter Sellers

Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau

Herbert Lom

Chief Insp. Charles Dreyfus

Burt Kwouk

Cato Fong

Dyan Cannon

Simone Legree

Robert Webber

Philippe Douvier

Tony Beckley

Guy Algo

Robert Loggia

Al Marchione

Paul Stewart

Julio Scallini

André Maranne

Sgt. François Chevalier

Graham Stark

Dr. Auguste Balls

Alfie Bass

Fernet

Sue Lloyd

Claude Russo

Danny Schiller

Cunny

Douglas Wilmer

Police Commissioner

Ferdy Mayne

Dr. Paul Laprone

Charles Augins

Vic Vancouver

Irvin Allen

Haig & Haig

Robert La Bassiere

Haig & Haig

John Wyman

Telly Toledo

Lon Satton

Sam Spade and the Private Eyes

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