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The Pink Panther Strikes Again By Jeff Shannon
Although A Shot in the Dark is often cited as the best of the Pink
Panther comedies starring Peter Sellers, the fifth film in the
series--The Pink Panther Strikes Back--is a close runner-up.
Combining a James Bond-ish plot with Sellers's trademark lunacy as
Inspector Clouseau, the film finds Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom)
driven insane by Clouseau's incompetence, threatening global destruction
unless Clouseau is eliminated once and for all. Of course, the bumbling
Clouseau leads a kind of charmed life, emerging relatively unscathed (and
completely oblivious) from a phalanx of 26 unlucky assassins! Along the
way, Sellers dons a variety of costumes and hilarious accents, and his
improvisational style is given free reign. Karate showdowns with his
valet, Cato (Bert Kwouk), once again keep Clouseau on his toes, and lovely
Lesley-Anne Down plays a would-be assassin who finds Clouseau amorously
irresistible. Highlights include the memorable "Does your dog
bite?" scene between Clouseau and a goofy innkeeper, and a dental
extraction scene in which Sellers and Lom reached the peak of their
on-screen comedic antagonism. For good ol' fashioned slapstick comedy,
they don't get much funnier than this.
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"The Pink Panther Strikes Again is one of the greatest comedy movies of all time with the late, great Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau. I saw it at the movie theater when it was first released when I was young & I couldn't stop laughing from beginning to end since it's the best one of the series. The Pink Panther Strikes Again is flawless with lots of slapstick humor that's not moronic unlike most of today's comedy movies which is why it's a masterpiece." --Wayne L. |
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|  | Director: Blake Edwards
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| | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Peter Arne, Gregoire Aslan, Andre Maranne, Victor Spinetti
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| | Released: December 15, 1976
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