The Return of The Pink Panther. 1975.
The Pink Panther diamond has been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is back in the trail of The Phantom.
First time seeing this one in the franchise, this time Christopher Plummer takes on the role of Sir Charles and able to make the character a bit more funny with the finger scenario with Pepe. Herbert Lom returns as Dreyfuss who is hellbent on killing Clouseau and fails at every attempt. Catherine Schell plays Sir Charles wife who has her agenda with the diamond.
There is more slapstick humour right from the start when we see Clouseau and his comical fights with Cato, but do wonder how long he had been hiding in the fridge and the end fight was a laugh. Even with Sellers playing the bumbling inspector he has a way with mispronouncing his words which is quite comical and some scenes the cast must have been in hysterics.
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