For those who have seen "A Shot in the Dark", does anyone out know who killed who?

The room search scene in Return OTPP is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, & the 1st time I did I almost split my belly open laughing.

You, sir are Sir Charles Phantom, the notorious Litton!

Inspector C. Does your dog bite?
Clerk No.
Inspector C. What a nice little.....
(Dog angrily bites and tears at the inspector)
Inspector C. I thought you said your dog did not bite.

Clerk That is not my dog.


Whatta riot!

Big nit with the first movie. Why is it so hard for the police to find who The Phantom is? I mean he leaves expensive monogrammed gloves at the scenes of the crime. Surely those gloves could've been traced.

But the real kicker *SPOILER* *SPOILER* is the fact, revealed at Closeau's trial that the Phantom's victim all attended the dowager's parties. Outside the hostess, her husband and servants, only two people attended each and every party - David Nivens and Closeau. You'd think that would tend to narrow down the suspects.

I've seen the following Panther films.

A SHOT IN THE DARK: Probably the best, not in terms of humor, but in terms of all-around production. The supporting cast is the best (Dreyfus is better at starting perfectly sane and then going nutty-ha-ha, Francois is always welcome, and Hercule is superb here and missed in later films), George Sanders is a great villain, and the beginning has a certain lyricism to it.

THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER: I forget most of the details of this one, but I remember as a kid that I wished it would get back to Closeau all the time, and away from the "drama."

THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES BACK: The most silliest entry, but some of the best scenes--the insane karate fight at the beginning, the silent scene with the international cadre of assassins, playing the dentist at the end, and the interrogation scene with the staff. Too bad Lesley-Anne Down was not used more.

THE REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER: This starts off well with the "beaume" scene and has a few wacky disguises, but somehow this sort of dragged near the end. Maybe the problem is the lack of a masterful villain in the Sanders/Plummer mode.

THE SON OF THE PINK PANTHER: This isn't bad except for the Son of the Pink Panther stuff.

"Trail of the Pink Panther" may have been the first flick to star a dead guy two years after his death.
Does anyone remember Alan Arkin as "Inspector Clouseau?" (from 1968)

Could someone please explain to me all the Roger Moore stuff - if it's supposed to be Clouseau, does that mean he was in on the diamond theft?

In Curse of the Pink Panther, that is

Anybody?

In the "Oh-God-tell-me-it's-not-true" department, there's a new Pink Panther film coming out next year. It'll be a prequel to The Pink Panther. Wanna know who's playing Clouseau? Steve Martin. God help us. Birth of the Pink Panther.

"Hello?... Yes. There is a beautiful woman in my bed, and a dead man in my bath."

According to the HBO biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards had yet another Panther script he wanted Sellers to do, titled Romance of the Pink Panther. Anyone know if this is true or not?

I still think my favorite is Strikes Again. Gloriously silly.

A Shot in the Dark is probably the better film, but its funniness has worn away with familiarity (it's the first film to introduce the Cato and Dreyfus jokes, both of which must have been hilarious for audiences then, but both unfortunately spoiled for modern audiences long in advance).