Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at The Pink Panther

About the Film

Summary of Plot

The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as “The Phantom” before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess’ priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as “The Pink Panther”.- iMDB

Year Of Release

1963

Running Time

1 Hour 55 Minutes

Director

Blake Edwards

Box Office Opening Weekend

$10,878,107

Trailer

Starring

David Niven – Sir Charles Lytton
Peter Sellers – Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Robert Wagner – George Lytton
Capucine – Simone Clouseau
Brenda de Banzie – Angela Dunning
Colin Gordon – Tucker

Song From the OST

Trivia

• An animated Pink Panther was created for the opening credits because writer and director Blake Edwards felt that the credits would benefit from some kind of cartoon character
• Claudia Cardinale could not speak English, so Princess Dala’s dialog was dubbed by 20-year-old Gale Garnett.
• Blake Edwards employed multiple cameras to catch the improvisations he encouraged Peter Sellers to do.
• In 2010, the Library of Congress selected The Pink Panther (1963) for preservation in the National Film Registry.
• Blake Edwards enjoyed working with Peter Sellers on this “Panther” movie more than the other ones.