Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) finally goes off the deep end, and builds a doomsday device in order to kill one man- Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Seller). This may be one of the silliest films ever made, with hit-and-miss gags, but you can see where the inspiration for Mike Myers' Austin Powers series comes from. Weak special effects do not help, although a Tom Jones song has never been used in a funnier manner. Followed by "Revenge of the Pink Panther."
Stats:
(1976) 103 min. (6/10)
-Directed by Blake Edwards
-Screenplay by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards
-Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, Andre Maranne, Byron Kane, Omar Sharif, Dick Crockett, Richard Vernon, Briony McRoberts, Dudley Sutton
(PG)
*Academy Awards*
-Best Original Song- "Come to Me"- lost to "Evergreen (Love Theme from 'A Star is Born')"- "A Star is Born"
