Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look

Movie
German title	Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look
Original title	Revenge of the Pink Panther
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1978
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Blake Edwards
script	Blake Edwards
production	Tony Adams Blake Edwards
music	Henry Mancini
camera	Ernest Day
cut	Alan Jones
occupation
Peter Sellers : Jacques Clouseau Herbert Lom : Charles Dreyfus Dyan Cannon : Simone Legrée Burt Kwouk : Cato Fong Robert Webber : Philippe Douvier Robert Loggia : Al Machione Tony Beckley : Guy Algo John A. Tinn : Mr. Chow Ferdy Mayne : Dr. Paul Laprone Douglas Wilmer : Police Commissioner Paul Stewart : Julio Scallini Alfie Bass : Fernet Sue Lloyd : Claude Russo
chronology
←  Predecessor Inspector Clouseau, the "best" man at Interpol Successor  → The pink panther is hunted

Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look was the last film in the Pink Panther series in which the lead actor Peter Sellers could act as Inspector Clouseau . The film was shown in German cinemas on December 21, 1978.

content

The French Connection in the person of entrepreneur Douvier is under pressure. The godfather from the USA no longer trusts the power and agility of the French. So the French Connection decides to make an example. She wants to prove her integrity to the world with an assassination attempt on Inspector Clouseau. The first attempt at a bomb attack fails. The second attempt fails miserably; a ninja is supposed to kill Clouseau, but as always he has more luck than brains and kills the attacker. On the third attempt, Clouseau is lured into a trap by a bogus phone call. On the way there he is attacked by the bank robber Claude Russo, who always disguised as a woman goes on a raid. He forces Clouseau to swap clothes and traps his Peugeot. Douvier's men shoot at the car until Russo loses control of the car and drives it into a tree. The car goes up in flames.

Since Clouseau is believed to be dead, a state mourning is imposed in France. To clear up the case, ex-chief inspector Dreyfus, who is housed in a mental hospital, is rehabilitated. Clouseau, who walks around in women's clothes, is in the meantime picked up by a police patrol and brought to the clinic from which Dreyfus is about to be released. During his escape from the police, Clouseau happened to hide in his room. Dreyfus collapses at the sight of Clouseau and Clouseau escapes, disguised as Dreyfus. When he arrives at his old apartment, he discovers that his servant Cato has turned the apartment into a brothel. Clouseau decides to take advantage of his supposed death and go undetected.

On a tip, Clouseau tries to break into a Paris nightclub. There he accidentally saves Simone Legrée, Douvier's ex-secretary and lover (she was fired because Douvier's wife had too much in her hand against her husband). Simone should be eliminated, which failed thanks to Clouseau. In her apartment, after a few glasses of cognac, Simone becomes talkative and starts unpacking, about Douvier and his relationship to the drug business as well as to the French Connection. On the run from Douvier's men, she tells Clouseau about the gannet transaction in Hong Kong - by coincidence that happens in Dreyfus' apartment, of all places, which is below Simone's apartment. Because that's where the two of them got in to hide from their pursuers. Dreyfus overhears everything, sees Clouseau and collapses again.

Clouseau, Simone and Cato travel to Hong Kong to prevent the gannet transaction. The plan is simple: Clouseau poses as Mr. Scalini (the godfather from the USA) in order to steal the drugs from Douvier. In perfect disguise, he almost succeeds. It turns out that Gannet is a yacht with the drugs hidden in the bow. The showdown takes place in the port of Hong Kong. Douvier, the real Scalini and the Chief Inspector Dreyfus, who has since arrived, meet. Dreyfus tries to shoot Clouseau in the scuffle. The grand finale then takes place in a warehouse for fireworks.

Clouseau, now officially alive again, receives another award from the President.

criticism

"Fourth sequel to the crime comedies about the stupid inspector, which, thanks to its leading actor and some excellently staged gags, lets you forget many weaknesses."

- Lexicon of international film

Publications

DVD

The film was released on DVD in 2003 as part of the Pink Panther Collection.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Henry Mancini and released on LP (1978) and on CD by EMI Manhattan (1988):

Original edition Main Title - Pink Panther Theme (1978) Simone Give Me Some Mo '! Thar She Blows Balls Caprice Move'Em Out! (sung by Lon Satton) A touch of red After the shower Hong Kong Fireworks Almond Eyes The Pink Panther Theme Thank Heaven For Little Girls (sung by Peter Sellers)

Web links

• Inspector Clouseau - The mistaken Flic with the hot look in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Inspector Clouseau - The mistaken Flic with the hot look at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look at Metacritic (English)
• Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look in the online film database
• Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inspector Clouseau - The crazy Flic with the hot look. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .