Synopsis
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.
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Cast
- David NivenSir Charles Litton
- Robert WagnerGeorge Lytton
- Herbert LomChief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus
- Joanna LumleyCountess Chandra
- CapucineLady Simone Litton
- Robert LoggiaBruno Langois
- Harvey KormanProf. Auguste Balls
- Burt KwoukCato Fong
- Ted WassSergeant Clifton Sleigh
- Roger MooreChief Insp. Jacques Clouseau
Recommendations
- 50
The New York Times
Not unfunny, and not really an offense to the memory of Inspector Clouseau, it's merely a movie with very little reason to exist. - 50
Miami Herald
This is mildly amusing, and the scenes with Niven -- his last, and reportedly dubbed by impressionist Rich Little when Niven's illness had taken the strength from his voice -- are poignant. But there is no restoring the force that made the earlier Panthers work. [12 Aug 1983, p.C5] - 40
Variety
Curse of the Pink Panther resembles a set of gems mounted in a tarnished setting. Abetted by screen newcomer Ted Wass’ flair for physical comedy, filmmaker Blake Edwards has created genuinely funny sight gags but the film’s rickety, old-hat story values waste them. - 40
Newsweek
A dispiriting attempt to wring a last gasp of mirth from an already dangerously overextended series. [22 Aug 1983, p.73] - 37
Washington Post
Edwards persists in the missing-person subterfuge in Curse while avoiding the blatant outrage of recycling old footage under false pretenses. He's shot new footage this time, but that technicality hasn't prevented it from feeling depleted and secondhand. [17 Aug 1983, p.B6] - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
All that's missing are the laughs. In their place, we get wall-to-wall predictability. [13 Aug 1983] - 20
IGN
Maybe if it looked like Edwards cared about the movie it might have been something more. Even so, without Clouseau, what The Curse of the Pink Panther brings us is staged prop humor, and a number of indignities courtesy of the make-up and wardrobe departments. - 0
TV Guide Magazine
An aesthetically contemptible, crassly commercial work.
