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In the fictional country of Lugash, a mysterious thief seizes the Pink Panther diamond and leaves a white glove marked with a gold-tinted “P“. With its national treasure once again missing, the Shah of Lugash requests the assistance of Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) of the Sûreté, as Clouseau had recovered the diamond the last time it was stolen. Clouseau has been temporarily demoted to beat cop by his boss, Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), who despises him to the point of obsession, but the French government forces Dreyfus to reinstate him. Clouseau joyously receives the news after fending off a surprise attack from his servant Cato (Burt Kwouk), who had been ordered to do so to keep the Inspector on his toes, and duly goes to Lugash. Upon examining the crime scene in the national museum — in which he wrecks several priceless antiquities — Clouseau concludes that the glove implicates Sir Charles Litton (Christopher Plummer), alias “the notorious Phantom,“ as the thief. After several catastrophic failures to stake out Litton Manor in Nice (which he nearly demolishes), Clouseau believes a mysterious assassin is attempting to kill him. He follows Sir Charles’ wife, Lady Claudine Litton (Catherine Schell), to a resort hotel in Gstaad in search of clues to her husband’s whereabouts, and repeatedly bungles the investigation.... Directed by Blake Edwards Produced by Blake Edwards Written by Blake Edwards Frank Waldman Starring Peter Sellers Christopher Plummer Catherine Schell Herbert Lom Burt Kwouk Peter Arne Music by Henry Mancini Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Edited by Tom Priestly
