The Pink Panther (1963 film)
The Pink Panther is a 1963 film in which the bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
- Directed by Blake Edwards. Written by Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau
[edit]- [At a costume ball, to a police sergeant costumed as a zebra who drinks from the punch bowl] Any more behaviour like this and I'll have your stripes!
- [having stepped on and broken the violin] Oh well, if you've seen one Stradivarius, you've seen them all.
Dialogue
[edit]- Gem dealer 1: As in every stone of this size, there is a flaw.
- Sultan: A flaw?
- Gem dealer 2: The slightest flaw, your excellency.
- Gem dealer 1: If you look deep into the stone, you will perceive the tiniest discoloration. It resembles an animal.
- Sultan: An animal?
- Gem dealer 1: A little panther.
- Sultan: Yes! A pink panther. Come here, Dala. A gift to your father from his grateful people. Some day it will be yours. The most fabulous diamond in all the world. Come closer.
- Princess Dala: [after Sir Charles Lytton kisses her] If I were my father, I'd have you tortured.
- Sir Charles Lytton: No. If you were your father, I doubt very much if I would have kissed you.
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I am willing to bet you ten thousand francs, that the phantom is in Cortina at this very moment. Even, perhaps, in this very room.
- Simone Clouseau: How exciting. What do you think, Mr. Tucker?
- Tucker: Oh, I agree with the inspector. You see, Ten of his last fifteen victims have been guests at Angela Dunning's parties.
- Sir Charles Lytton: What are we all talking about?
- Simone Clouseau: The notorious Phantom.
- Princess Dala: I'm afraid I never heard of him.
- Sir Charles Lytton: From the little I've read about him, he seems to be quite a fellow.
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Believe me. There are few thieves who are as clever as the Phantom. Each theft is completely different and unique, classic in its conception.
- George Lytton: I thought you were working on the theory that he does repeat himself.
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Well, only as far as Angela Dunning's parties are concerned. However, there is one other duplication, but that is his ah... trademark, his calling card, so to speak. He always leaves a white monogrammed glove.
- Princess Dala: Sounds terribly theatrical.
- Tucker: Your Highness, if I were the Phantom, I'd have chosen my victim already.
- Princess Dala: Really? And who would that be?
- Tucker: Well, who owns the most fabulous diamond in the world?
- Princess Dala: I suppose I do.
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Exactly. The Pink Panther. Such a prize he could never resist. He would be bound to try for it.
- Princess Dala: I'm afraid he'd be disappointed. The Pink Panther is in my safe, at...
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau: [interrupting] Your Highness, please. Don't say it, not here.
- Simone Clouseau: If I'm not being too nosy your highness, I read somewhere there was some dispute over the ownership of the Pink Panther.
- Princess Dala: It belongs to me. It was a gift from my late father. I shall never surrender it.
- Sir Charles Lytton: Why should you?
- Princess Dala: When the present government seized power, they claimed the diamond was the property of the people. There's even some talk of the international court deciding the issue.
- Sir Charles Lytton: I'll tell you what, why don't I steal the diamond, leave that old glove or whatever it is behind, and you and I can split the insurance.
- Princess Dala: All right.
- George Lytton: I feel like dancing. [to Princess Dala] Your Highness?
- Princess Dala: I'd love to.
- Police escort: Tell me, inspector - Signor Phantom - all those robberies. How did you ever manage it?
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Well, you know... it wasn't easy.
Cast
[edit]- David Niven - Sir Charles Lytton
- Peter Sellers - Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Robert Wagner - George Lytton, Sir Charles' nephew
- Capucine - Simone Clouseau, Inspector Clouseau's wife
- Claudia Cardinale - Princess Dala
- Brenda De Banzie - Angela Dunning
- Colin Gordon - Tucker
- John Le Mesurier - Defense attorney
- James Lanphier - Saloud
- Guy Thomajan - Artoff
- Michael Trubshawe - Felix Townes, novelist
- Riccardo Billi - Aristotle Sarajos, Greek shipowner
- Meri Welles - Monica Fawn, Hollywood starlet
- Martin Miller - Pierre Luigi, photographer
- Fran Jeffries - ski lodge singer
Taglines
[edit]- You only live once... so see the Pink Panther twice!!!
- The star-studded international cast of the year sparkling in the wackiest, most wonderful sport - on the glamorous Italian Riviera where the jet-set swings, sways and plays...
- A Madcap Frolic Of Crime and Fun
External links
[edit]
- The Pink Panther quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- The Pink Panther at Allmovie
- The Pink Panther at Mojo
| The Pink Panther | |||
| Films | Peter Sellers | The Pink Panther (1963) · A Shot in the Dark (1964) · The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) · The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) · Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) · Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) | |
| Alan Arkin | Inspector Clouseau (1968) | ||
| Roger Moore | Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) | ||
| Roberto Benigni as Clouseau's son | Son of the Pink Panther (1993) | ||
| Steve Martin | The Pink Panther (2006) · The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | ||
| Animated shorts | The original Pink Panther shorts (1964–1980) · The original Inspector shorts (1965–1969) · Driving Mr. Pink (1995) | ||
| Television | Animated shows | The Pink Panther Show (1969–1980) · Pink Panther and Sons (1984–1985) · The Pink Panther (1993–1996) · Pink Panther and Pals (2010) | |
| Animated specials | A Pink Christmas (1978) · Olym-Pinks (1980) · Pink at First Sight (1981) · A Very Pink Christmas (2011) | ||
| Video games | Passport to Peril (1996) · Hokus Pokus Pink (1998) | ||