The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
The Inspector series
The Inspector and Deux-Deux search the hotel
Directed by	Friz Freleng Gerry Chiniquy (co-director)
Story by	John W. Dunn
Animation by	Warren Batchelder George Grandpre Bob Matz Norm McCabe Manny Perez Don Williams
Voices by	Pat Harrington, Jr. Larry Storch Paul Frees
Music by	William Lava
Produced by	David DePatie Friz Freleng
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 21, 1965
Format	Technicolor, 7 min
Language	English
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The Great DeGaulle Stone Operation was the first short in the Inspector series of theatrical cartoons. On release, it was attached to the James Bond film Thunderball. The Inspector and Sgt. ... Image File history File linksMetadata InspectorCel. ... Isadore Friz Freleng (August 21, 1906[1]–May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... Germain Adolph Gerry Chiniquy (June 23, 1912 - November 22, 1989) was an American animator. ... John W. Dunn (25 February 1919 - 17 January 1983) was a Scottish writer and animator for animated cartoons from 1955 to 1983. ... Pat Harrington, Jr. ... Larry Storch (born January 8, 1923) is an American actor best known for his comedic television roles, including voiceover work for cartoons, and his live-action role the bumbling Corporal Randolph Agarn on F Troop. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ... William Lava (March 18, 1911 - February 20, 1971 was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros. ... David DePatie worked with Friz Freleng to create the animated character known as the Pink Panther. ... Isadore Friz Freleng (August 21, 1906[1]–May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Inspector and Sgt. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Thunderball is the fourth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, and also the fourth film to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond 007. ...

The title is both a pun on the phrase "gallstone" and a reference to the then French President, Charles de Gaulle. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Synopsis

The Inspector has been tasked by his Commissioner to guard the DeGaulle Stone, an enormous diamond worth 10 Billion francs. The Commissioner warns the Inspector of the dire consequences should he lose the diamond, but the Inspector manages to lose it in seconds, handing it to what he thinks is his assistant, Deux-Deux, but is in fact a three-headed thief, collectively referred to as the Matz-O'Reillys. The left (Weft) and Right (Wight) heads argue about what to do next, and the apparently dim third head (Wong) tries to break up the fight, only to be beaten up by the others. The Inspector uses this chance to try and catch up with them, at which point they get into their car and drive away, flattening the Inspector in the process. Deux-Deux then tries to pursue them in his own car, but only succeeds in flattening the Inspector some more. This article is about the gemstone. ...

The thieves have their car convert itself into a plane, forcing the Inspector to man a plane of his own in order to pursue them. The crooks easily dispose of him with a giant fly-swatter however, and his plane crashes into the Surete building, destroying the Commissioner's office and earning the Inspector another ear-bashing. The Matz-O'Reillys manage to escape, but once back at their hideout, Wong discovers that their jacket has a hole in it, and they've managed to lose the diamond. Sûreté (French; translated as security but directly transliterated as surety) is a term used in French-speaking countries or regions in the organizational title of a civil police force. ...

The Commissioner returns the diamond to the Inspector, who puts it in a safe. Unfortunately, the safe turns out to be the Matz-O'Reillys in disguise, and the chase is on again. The Inspector and Deux-Deux pursue the thieves to a hotel, where the Inspector's attempts at catching them meet with a predictable lack of success. The Matz-O'Reillys can't hide forever though, and the Inspector arrives at their hideout with a considerable number of backup units. Realising that they're going to get caught anyway, Wong puts the diamond in a glass of water, in which it turns transparent. The Inspector and the other officers break in, and apprehend the thieves. While the others search for the missing diamond, the Inspector decides to help himself to the nearby glass. The next scene shows him being rushed to hospital, and a surgeon removing the DeGaulle Stone from the Inspector. The surgeon gives the diamond to his nurse... who turns out to be the crooks, in disguise again. The Inspector is left with a huge scar, some painful memories, and the task of explaining himself to the Commissioner.