Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Clouseau movie poster
Directed by	Bud Yorkin
Produced by	Lewis J. Rachmil
Written by	Blake Edwards (characters - uncredited) Maurice Richlin (character) Frank Waldman Tom Waldman
Starring	Alan Arkin
Music by
Cinematography
Editing by
Distributed by	United Artists
Released	July 19, 1968
First Screened	{{{screened}}}
Running time	96 min
Language	English
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Preceded by	A Shot in the Dark
Followed by	The Return of the Pink Panther
IMDb profile

Inspector Clouseau is a 1968 United Artists feature film, the third in the popular Pink Panther movie series. It was directed by Bud Yorkin, written by Frank Waldman and Tom Waldman and starred Alan Arkin, who replaced Peter Sellers, who had declined to return for the lead role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Image File history File links Inspector_Clouseau_1968_movie_poster. ... Bud Yorkin (born in Washington, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1926) is an American producer/director/writer/actor who with collaborator Norman Lear scored in the 1970s with the TV hits All in the Family, Maude, and Sanford and Son. ... Blake Edwards (b. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor. ... The current United Artists logo. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... // Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. ... The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released by United Artists in 1974, featuring the return of Peter Sellers as the role of Inspector Clouseau (Alan Arkin previously played Clouseau in the last Panther film, Inspector Clouseau). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The current United Artists logo. ... The Pink Panther cartoon character. ... Bud Yorkin (born in Washington, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1926) is an American producer/director/writer/actor who with collaborator Norman Lear scored in the 1970s with the TV hits All in the Family, Maude, and Sanford and Son. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor. ... Peter Sellers CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show, before embarking on a successful film career. ... Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling fictional French detective who was a character in the Blake Edwardss Pink Panther series. ...

The film was the last to feature Clouseau until 1974's The Return of the Pink Panther. Costume design and elements of Arkin's performance were retained when Sellers took back the role for "Return". The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released by United Artists in 1974, featuring the return of Peter Sellers as the role of Inspector Clouseau (Alan Arkin previously played Clouseau in the last Panther film, Inspector Clouseau). ...

Frank Waldman and Tom Waldman also make their debut writing the series. Frank Waldman would co-write The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, and Trail of the Pink Panther. Tom Waldman would co-write "Trail" with Frank. The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth film in the Pink Panther series (although only the third to include the words Pink Panther in its title, despite the fact that the story does not involve the Pink Panther diamond of the previous films) and continues the story after the... Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) is the sixth film in the Pink Panther film series, and the last Panther film in which its star Peter Sellers appeared expressly for. ... Trail of the Pink Panther was a 1982 movie starring Peter Sellers. ...

Apart from the 2006 film, Inspector Clouseau is the only entry in the series that does not feature Sellers in some way and is not directed by Blake Edwards. The Pink Panther is a 2006 comedy film. ... Blake Edwards (b. ...