Inspector Clouseau (film)

Movie
German title	Inspector Clouseau
Original title	Inspector Clouseau
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1968
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Bud Yorkin
script	Tom Waldman ; Frank Waldman
production	Lewis J. Rachmil
music	Ken Thorne
camera	Arthur Ibbetson
cut	John Victor Smith
occupation
	Alan Arkin : Jacques Clouseau; Frank Finlay : Weaver; Patrick Cargill : Sir Charles Braithwaite; Beryl Reid : Mrs. Weaver; Barry Foster : Addison Steele; Clive Francis : Clyde Hargreaves; Delia Boccardo : Lisa Morell; Richard Pearson : Shockley; Michael Ripper : Stevie Frey; Susan Engel : Carmichael; Wallas Eaton : Hoeffler; Tutte Lemkow : Frenchie LeBec; Katya Wyeth : Meg; Tracey Crisp : Julie; John Bindon : Bull Parker; Geoffrey Bayldon : Gutch; Eric Pohlmann : Bergesch; George Pravda : Wulf;
chronology
← Predecessor ; A shot in the dark	Successor → ; The Pink Panther returns

Inspector Clouseau is the third film in the Pink Panther series from 1968 and the first not directed by Blake Edwards . Bud Yorkin took over the role of clumsy inspector in this film, Alan Arkin .

The film received mostly negative reviews and was not a huge hit at the box office.

content

An organized gang of criminals is planning their second raid in Great Britain after a successful coup. The Scotland Yard suspects a traitor in their ranks, so Inspector Clouseau is the Prime Minister appointed to the UK to solve the case. Commissioner Braithwaite, who so far led the investigation, has been roused by the inspector's interventions. Clouseau manages to prevent two assassinations, but as a result he is kidnapped by the gang. This makes masks of his face in order to carry out further bank robberies in Switzerland. Ultimately, Clouseau succeeds in thwarting the criminals' plan and unmasking the traitor in the yard.

criticism

Renata Adler wrote in the New York Times on July 25, 1968 that the comedy was so "uninspired" and so "relentlessly terrible" that it made the audience choke rather than laugh.

"Far less original and amusing than the 'real' Pink Panther comedies."

- Lexicon of international film

Trivia

Alan Arkin got the role because Peter Sellers was unavailable for filming The Party Horror .
Clouseau's coat and hat were introduced in this film.
Arkin also played the roles of the criminal when disguised as Clouseau.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Inspector Clouseau . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2005 (PDF; test number: 39 668 V / DVD).
^ Review by Renata Adler on nytimes.com
^ Inspector Clouseau. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 20, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Trivia for Inspector Clouseau on german.imdb.com

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Inspector Clouseau . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2005 (PDF; test number: 39 668 V / DVD).

[2] Review by Renata Adler on nytimes.com

[3] Inspector Clouseau. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 20, 2018 .

[Trivia-4] Trivia for Inspector Clouseau on german.imdb.com