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The Pink Panther diamond goes missing - and then en route to the scene of the crime, Clouseau's plane goes missing! A sleuthing reporter (Joanna Lumley) is assigned to memorialize the fabled detective, but in the process, she comes up against some strange behavior from a delirious Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) as well as Clouseau's duplicitous ex-wife (Capucine), his lusty father () and The Phantom (David Niven)!
Editor's Note
One would have thought that the death of Peter Sellers in 1980 would spell the end of the Pink Panther series, but Blake Edwards was able to utilize leftover footage from previous Panther efforts to create TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER. Sellers once again stars as the ineptly heroic Inspector Clouseau, who is assigned to investigate when the fabulous Pink Panther diamond is again stolen from the country of Lugash. While flying to England for an important meeting with Scotland Yard, Clouseau's plane mysteriously disappears over the Atlantic, arousing speculation about the detective. Clouseau's past is dug up by French television reporter Marie Jouvet (Joanna Lumley), who interviews many of the people whose lives the bungling detective has touched--in more ways than one--over the years, including Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), Clouseau's former wife, now Lady Lytton (Capucine), and, of course, the incomparable Kato (Burt Kwouk). In the course of her research, Jouvet manages to unearth Clouseau's father, who, not surprisingly, shares many of his son's most familiar characteristics.
Plot Summary
This sixth film of the Blake Edwards detective comedy series finds both Chief Inspector Clouseau and the famous Pink Panther diamond missing.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: Spanish, French Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Trail of the Pink Panther - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/14/2008 4:31 PM | |
Trail of the Pink Panther certainly isn't historically unique in its use of archival footage to create a role for a passed-on movie star, but it's inarguably one of the ballsiest attempts at it. Sellers isn't some bit player (like Lawrence Olivier in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), he's the star. He's Inspector freakin' Clouseau, and he's in more than half of the running time of the film. How'd they pull this off? Well, an increasingly desperate Blake Edwards figured he'd use footage of Sellers he shot for The Pink Panther Strikes Again in 1976 but didn't use....read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 1/31/2006 |
| Running Time: 97 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 100076 | | UPC: 00027616905970 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...[Seller does] send one out laughing..." 12/15/1982New York Times
"...Less a conventional comedy than an uproarious retrospective....All of the memories are fond." 12/17/1982 p.C16 |
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