The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Revealing mistake: While fighting Clouseau, Cato sticks a wooden pole through the screen of a television. The screen is made of paper. (00:17:30)

jle

Revealing mistake: When Clouseau answers the phone he shuffles his right foot slightly so that it isn't directly over the spot that Dreyfus drills through a few seconds later. (00:19:45)

jle

Revealing mistake: When Clouseau is on the parallel bars, note the switch as he jumps and turns from Peter Sellers to stuntman, then note again as the stuntman falls down the stairs; the stuntman finishes falling behind the right hand side of the settee, and up pops Peter Sellers on the left hand side of the settee giving the apparant impression he has just fallen down the stairs himself.

Revealing mistake: When Clouseau is floating out of his apartment in his costume, in several shots you can see the shadows of the chimney behind him in the sky, indicating this was shot in a studio.

manthabeat

Revealing mistake: When Clouseau strikes Cato on the back of his head with the shinai it's actually just hitting the doorframe to his right with Cato flipping forward on cue.

Rob245

Revealing mistake: When the castle starts to disappear at the end, lines are visible on the matte painting where the pieces were. As the remainder of the castle disappears, a significant line in the painting is visible on the left side during the remainder of the shot.

manthabeat

Continuity mistake: At the start of the fight in the club, the stain on Clouseau's jacket (from the accident with the parrot) is visible. Partway through the fight it has faded significantly. By the end of the fight it has gone. (00:45:00)

jle

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Clouseau: You're the cook?
Mr. Shork: No, I'm the gardener!
Clouseau: Ah, now we're getting somewhere!

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Trivia: Director Blake Edwards makes a cameo appearance in the background of the night-club scene.

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Question: Does the ray that hits Drefus at the end kill him, or does it just turn him invisible?

Answer: Just Invisible. Besides the fact that his eyeball and eyelid remain intact and in the same position, he returns in a full, visible form (possibly in a film logic borrowed from Looney Tunes cartoons) in the next Panther film.

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