Curse of the Pink Panther
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Theatrical poster by John Alvin
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| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Produced by | Blake Edwards Tony Adams |
| Written by | Blake Edwards Geoffrey Edwards |
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| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Cinematography | Dick Bush |
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Robert Hathaway Ralph E. Winters |
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| Distributed by | MGM/UA Entertainment Company |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $4,491,986 |
Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 British comedy film and a continuation of The Pink Panther series of films started by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Peter Sellers. Whereas the previous film Trail of the Pink Panther made use of unused footage of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, Curse attempted to relaunch the series with a new lead, Ted Wass, as bumbling American detective Clifton Sleigh, assigned to find the missing Inspector Clouseau.
The film features a cameo by Roger Moore—as Clouseau himself—at the end of the film, This was David Niven's final film appearance, and he died shortly before its release. This film marked Herbert Lom's 6th outing as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. He would reprise the role one last time in Son of the Pink Panther (1993). The prized Pink Panther jewel would not return until The Pink Panther reboot in 2006.
This film featured the sixth "Panther" appearance of Clouseau's trusty manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). Cato and Dreyfus debuted in A Shot in the Dark (1964). The film was a box office bomb and got negative reviews.
In Lugash, the fabled Pink Panther diamond is stolen. A mysterious woman looking to procure the priceless gem has a tete-a-tete with a man regarding price. Suddenly, Clouseau (having disappeared inexplicably on a plane flight in the previous film) bursts in. The woman shoots the man, then points the gun at Clouseau. His fate is a mystery. Meanwhile, his former superior, Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), is pressured to oversee Operation Paragon and utilize Interpol's fictitious Huxley Huxley 600 computer Aldous to find the world's greatest detective to solve the crime.
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