The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Original title)Inspector Clouseau and the Doomsday Machine (Working title)The Pink Panther Strikes Back (Working title)Inspector Clouseau Strikes Back (Working title)
Dates: 1976 (Copyright), 03 April 1977 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Blake Edwards
Synopsis: Comedy. Inspector Clouseau tries to stop his insane former boss Dreyfus from destroying the world with a Doomsday Machine. Clueless French Inspector Jacques Clouseau has driven his former Sûreté boss, former Chief Inspector Paul Dreyfus, quite mad. Dreyfus escapes from a facility for the criminally insane, abducts the scientist Doctor Hugo Fassbender and his daughter Margo and takes them to the moated Mondschein Castle in Bavaria. Dreyfus threatens to harm Margo unless Fassbender builds a Doomsday Machine capable of erasing anything from the face of the Earth. Dreyfus hogs the world's television channels to warn that he will erase the UN building unless Clouseau is killed. Fassbender's butler Jarvis, who moonlights as a nightclub singer in drag, is killed by the kidnappers but not before he is able to slip Clouseau a clue: a travel brochure to the imminent Munich Beerfest. As Clouseau tries to track down Dreyfus, assassins from round the world are sent by their governments to track down Clouseau and kill him. At the Beerfest, Clouseau, through sheer fluke, narrowly evades multiple assassins, who, in a series of freak accidents, end up targeting each other. At the Bayerischerhof hotel, Russian agent Olga Berriossiva waits in Clouseau's bed to seduce him, but an Egyptian assassin turns up and Olga seduces him, believing him to be Clouseau. She is so transported by the supposed Clouseau's lovemaking that she decides to defect. Clouseau locates Dreyfus's castle and manages to infiltrate it by posing as a dentist (much needed, as Dreyfus has been eating too many sweets). Clouseau's fake nose make-up starts to come off but Dreyfus is already high on nitrous oxide, and as further calamity ensues, the Doomsday machine goes haywire and eventually wipes out both Dreyfus and the castle. Back in his Paris apartment, Clouseau is greeted by the amorous Olga in a large waterbed. The bed's mechanism goes wrong and the bed flings them out into the Seine.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Policemen, Mental disorders, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Scientists, Hit men
Releases
Date: 16 December 1976Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - MonoRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9304 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 17 December 1976Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - MonoRuntime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: The 10 Worst Movie MasterplansAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing of films considered to have plots, where plans (usually criminal), have failed.
In: Sight and Sound v14 n1 January 2004 Pages: 68-69
Title: ReviewsAuthor: LEYLAND, Matthew Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of "The Pink Panther Collection": The PINK PANTHER, A SHOT IN THE DARK, The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN, REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER, TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER.
In: Empire n115 January 1999 Page: 155
Title: SoundtracksAuthor: COLLINS, Andrew Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of soundtrack release.
In: Music from the Movies n22 Winter 1999 Page: 23
Title: Film music reviewAuthor: McGANN, Kevin Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Soundtrack review for Mark Mancina's score for RETURN TO PARADISE and for The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN.
In: Film Review May 1999 Pages: 80-85
Title: The Pink PantherAuthor: MAXFORD, Howard Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Blake Edwards on Peter Sellers and his role in the Pink Panther films.
In: Film Score Monthly v3 n10 December 1998 Pages: 36-37
Title: The Massachusette miracleAuthor: KENDALL, Lukas Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of the new release of the soundtrack to The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976).
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n517 February 1977 Page: 29
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n517 February 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinefantastique v6 n1 Summer 1977 Page: Summer 20
Title: [Cinefantastique - v6 n1 Summer 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Montage n36/37 Spring 1977 Page: 40
Title: [Montage - n36/37 Spring 1977: no known title]Language: English
Description: Brief note with correction.
In: Thousand Eyes Magazine v2 n5 January 1977 Page: 14
Title: [The Thousand Eyes Magazine - v2 n5 January 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n68 25 Dec 1976 Page: 14
Title: [Screen International - n68 25 Dec 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n25 28 Feb 1976 Page: 8
Title: [Screen International - n25 28 Feb 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n21 31 Jan 1976 Page: 8
Title: [Screen International - n21 31 Jan 1976: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v240 n11 13 Feb 1976 Page: 20
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v240 n11 13 Feb 1976: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Variety 15 Dec 1976 Page: 19
Title: [Variety - 15 Dec 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v244 n17 8 Dec 1976 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v244 n17 8 Dec 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n18 10 Jan 1976 Pages: 12-13
Title: [Screen International - n18 10 Jan 1976: no known title]Language: English
Description: Adverts.
Dates: 1976 (Copyright), 03 April 1977 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Blake Edwards
Synopsis: Comedy. Inspector Clouseau tries to stop his insane former boss Dreyfus from destroying the world with a Doomsday Machine. Clueless French Inspector Jacques Clouseau has driven his former Sûreté boss, former Chief Inspector Paul Dreyfus, quite mad. Dreyfus escapes from a facility for the criminally insane, abducts the scientist Doctor Hugo Fassbender and his daughter Margo and takes them to the moated Mondschein Castle in Bavaria. Dreyfus threatens to harm Margo unless Fassbender builds a Doomsday Machine capable of erasing anything from the face of the Earth. Dreyfus hogs the world's television channels to warn that he will erase the UN building unless Clouseau is killed. Fassbender's butler Jarvis, who moonlights as a nightclub singer in drag, is killed by the kidnappers but not before he is able to slip Clouseau a clue: a travel brochure to the imminent Munich Beerfest. As Clouseau tries to track down Dreyfus, assassins from round the world are sent by their governments to track down Clouseau and kill him. At the Beerfest, Clouseau, through sheer fluke, narrowly evades multiple assassins, who, in a series of freak accidents, end up targeting each other. At the Bayerischerhof hotel, Russian agent Olga Berriossiva waits in Clouseau's bed to seduce him, but an Egyptian assassin turns up and Olga seduces him, believing him to be Clouseau. She is so transported by the supposed Clouseau's lovemaking that she decides to defect. Clouseau locates Dreyfus's castle and manages to infiltrate it by posing as a dentist (much needed, as Dreyfus has been eating too many sweets). Clouseau's fake nose make-up starts to come off but Dreyfus is already high on nitrous oxide, and as further calamity ensues, the Doomsday machine goes haywire and eventually wipes out both Dreyfus and the castle. Back in his Paris apartment, Clouseau is greeted by the amorous Olga in a large waterbed. The bed's mechanism goes wrong and the bed flings them out into the Seine.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Policemen, Mental disorders, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Scientists, Hit men
Releases
Date: 16 December 1976Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - MonoRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9304 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 17 December 1976Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - MonoRuntime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Empire n191 May 2005 Pages: 70-71Title: The 10 Worst Movie MasterplansAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing of films considered to have plots, where plans (usually criminal), have failed.
In: Sight and Sound v14 n1 January 2004 Pages: 68-69
Title: ReviewsAuthor: LEYLAND, Matthew Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of "The Pink Panther Collection": The PINK PANTHER, A SHOT IN THE DARK, The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN, REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER, TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER.
In: Empire n115 January 1999 Page: 155
Title: SoundtracksAuthor: COLLINS, Andrew Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of soundtrack release.
In: Music from the Movies n22 Winter 1999 Page: 23
Title: Film music reviewAuthor: McGANN, Kevin Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Soundtrack review for Mark Mancina's score for RETURN TO PARADISE and for The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN.
In: Film Review May 1999 Pages: 80-85
Title: The Pink PantherAuthor: MAXFORD, Howard Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Blake Edwards on Peter Sellers and his role in the Pink Panther films.
In: Film Score Monthly v3 n10 December 1998 Pages: 36-37
Title: The Massachusette miracleAuthor: KENDALL, Lukas Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of the new release of the soundtrack to The PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976).
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n517 February 1977 Page: 29
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n517 February 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinefantastique v6 n1 Summer 1977 Page: Summer 20
Title: [Cinefantastique - v6 n1 Summer 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Montage n36/37 Spring 1977 Page: 40
Title: [Montage - n36/37 Spring 1977: no known title]Language: English
Description: Brief note with correction.
In: Thousand Eyes Magazine v2 n5 January 1977 Page: 14
Title: [The Thousand Eyes Magazine - v2 n5 January 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n68 25 Dec 1976 Page: 14
Title: [Screen International - n68 25 Dec 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n25 28 Feb 1976 Page: 8
Title: [Screen International - n25 28 Feb 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n21 31 Jan 1976 Page: 8
Title: [Screen International - n21 31 Jan 1976: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v240 n11 13 Feb 1976 Page: 20
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v240 n11 13 Feb 1976: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Variety 15 Dec 1976 Page: 19
Title: [Variety - 15 Dec 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v244 n17 8 Dec 1976 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v244 n17 8 Dec 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n18 10 Jan 1976 Pages: 12-13
Title: [Screen International - n18 10 Jan 1976: no known title]Language: English
Description: Adverts.