Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pink Panther movie series, new out on DVD in a special MGM collector’s edition available now! Below, check out Peter Sellars as bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the five movie clips below, plus the Oscar-winning animated short, The Pink Phink.
Movies
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The Pink Panther (1964) The bumbling Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellars) is on the tail of a famous jewel-thief whose eyes are set on stealing the famous Pink Panther gem worn by an Indian Princess. Watch Sellars, along with co-stars Robert Wagner and Capucine, in this clip from the first movie. |
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A Shot in the Dark (1964) Assigned to a high-profile case involving a millionaire’s murdered chauffeur, our favorite bumbling Inspector Clouseau finds himself (literally!) falling for a beautiful parlormaid played by Elke Sommer, whose talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time rivals his. |
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) After escaping form the mental asylum, Charles Dreyfus builds a doomsday machine and threatens to wipe out whole countries if someone doesn’t step up to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. In this clip, Clouseau “drops in” unexpectedly on his neighbors. |
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| Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) The bumbling but imperturbable Inspector Jacques Clouseau allows a gang of drug racketeers to believe that he has been assassinated and dons a series of disguises as he travels all over the world in order to apprehend the bad guys. In this clip, Clouseau manages to botch a honorary ceremony–with the help of a pigeon that lands on his head. |
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| Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) The legendary Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again, and Inspector Jacques Clouseau is enlisted to find the stolen bauble. But when he follows the trail of the diamond to another country, he leaves on an airplane that is soon reported missing–to his nemesis Dreyfus’s delight. Here, the Inspector arrives home to encounter a most disapproving neighbor. |
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Animated Shorts
| The Pink Phink Created by Fritz Freleng and David DePatie, the slick and sly Pink Panther character made his debut in April of 1964 in the opening credits of the big-screen comedy The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellars. The animated short you can watch here won an Oscar. |
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| Pinkfinger A short-very short animated clip. |
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