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Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) is the sixth film in the Pink Panther film series, and the last Panther film in which its star Peter Sellers appeared expressly for.
Plot
A French businessman-mobster named Philippe Douvier (Robert Webber) is making a deal with a New York Mafioso for a multimillion Franc drug-deal, but New York suspect Douvier of growing too old and no longer strong enough to handle it. Douvier, along with his secretary/secret mistress, Simone LeGree (Dyan Cannon) attempts to prove his strength by assassinating the most famous person in France.........well, the one believed to be the best: Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers).
Douvier's first attempt fails (an assassin disguised as a postman delivers a bomb to where Clouseau is at the time, but Clouseau survives the explosion), but that night, Douvier anonymously calls Clouseau and poses as an informant to tell him the whereabouts of a criminal known as the French Connection. Despite being warned by Cato, his manservant, Clouseau drives toward the location, but is carjacked by a transvestite named Claude Rousseau. Fortunately for Clouseau, Rousseau drives into the trap, and is killed by Douvier's men. Now everyone believes Clouseau has finally met his end.
Clouseau's "death" makes several changes. His mad boss, Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) is deemed sane, and is to be released from the Mental Asylum; and Douvier's plans continue.
In Rousseau's clothes, Clouseau is taken to the mental asylum, but he escapes by sneaking into Dreyfus' room. Dreyfus faints at the sight of Clouseau, whom he believed dead, and Clouseau disguises himself as Dreyfus, driving home.
Back home, Clouseau finds Cato, who is relieved to see him alive, and the two plan their revenge on whoever ordered the hit.
Meanwhile, after his wife threatens him with a divorce, Douvier tells Simone that their relationship must end. Angry, Simone storms out of Douvier's office, giving an impression that she is going to blackmail Douvier. Douvier asks his men to have Simone killed at Le Club Phut that very night.
That same night, after Clouseau is told by an informant about the Le Club Phut plan, Clouseau and Cato go to investigate, and accidentally save Simone from being murdered by Douvier's assassins. At Simone's flat, Clouseau (who swears that he has been there before) tells Simone that he is the "Deceased Inspector Clouseau", and before Simone can deny it, the door opens, and the assassins enter. Clouseau and Simone sneak out and into the room below them, which turns out to be that of Dreyfus! (Why Clouseau recognized the place).
Simone tells Clouseau of Douvier's plans to meet with the New York Mafioso, Julio Scallini, in Hong Kong, and Clouseau sees this as a chance for his revenge.Clouseau,Cato,and Simone travel from Paris to Hong Kong on a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar flight courtesy of Cathay Pacific Airlines. With Hong Kong and Godfather disguises, Clouseau, Cato and Simone tail Douvier to Hong Kong, unaware that Dreyfus is also after Douvier.
Clouseau disguises himself as Scallini while Simone stalls the real Scallini, so that Clouseau can uncover Douvier's plans, but the plan goes terribly wrong, and a car chase begins.
Eventually, everyone crashes, and a shoot-out in a firework wharehouse leads to the arrests of Douvier and Scallini. Clouseau and Dreyfus are awarded for bringing down the mobsters, although Dreyfus still has a hard time accepting Clouseau as a comrade.
Trivia
The Pink Panther theme was remixed in a rock/jazz verson with a guitar solo.
The opening titles in the film was desigined by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, since the animated titles of the 1968 film, Inspector Clouseau.
The Romance Of The Pink Panther
The Romance Of The Pink Panther is the Pink Panther film that was never made, due to Peter Sellers' fatal heart attack. It was documented in the book Peter Sellers - A Celebration
External link
1978 films | Comedy films | Pink Panther films | United Artists films | Sequel films
"Revenge of the Pink Panther"