Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than one Clouseau on the job.
Acting
Alan Arkin's physical comedy—Sellers who? This man commits to the bit.
Production
Swinging London meets mod Paris—costumes alone deserve their own credit.
Director
Bud Yorkin
Alan Arkin
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
Frank Finlay
Supt. Weaver
Delia Boccardo
Lt. Lisa Morrel
Patrick Cargill
Commissioner Sir Charles Braithwaite
Beryl Reid
Mrs Weaver
Clive Francis
Clyde Hargreaves
Richard Pearson
Shockley
Michael Ripper
Steven Frey
Tutte Lemkow
Frenchie LeBec
Katya Wyeth
Meg
Geoffrey Bayldon
Gutch
John Bindon
Bull Parker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Sellers was so associated with Clouseau that audiences rejected Arkin's interpretation, making this a financial flop despite his committed performance.
Made at the height of 1960s spy spoof mania, it tried to ride the Pink Panther wave without Blake Edwards' visual wit—notice how the mod aesthetic ages better than the jokes.
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