The Pink Panther

Factual error: When Clouseau heard the footsteps of what he thought to be a lady and what we afterwards knew was the Russian trainer, he described how tall she was using the English system of feet and inches, not the metric system, which is used in France.

Factual error: The French national police are under the control of the ministry of interior, not the ministry of justice.

Dr Wilson

Factual error: Inspector Dreyfus is head of the Police Nationale and Clouseau is a gendarme (as stated several times in the film). The Gendarmerie is a military branch which conducts law enforcement mostly in rural France, while the Police Nationale is a civilian police agency responsible for urban areas. As head of a civilian agency, Dreyfus would have had no authority (or reason) to appoint a military member to any post.

Continuity mistake: The Killer is no where near the football coach when he dies in the beginning, but in the flashback, the killer is right next to him.

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Inspector Jacques Clouseau: What? What did you say?
Ponton: Nothing.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: You mean, you didn't just say: Stop the car, dear God, I beg of you, stop the car?

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Trivia: Jason Statham has a cameo as "Gluant", the head coach of the France national football team, who is murdered in the pre-credits sequence.

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Question: When Clouseau and Ponton are in line at the airport. Is that Terrell Owens behind them? He only appears in a few shots. If it is, any idea why he's there? Is there a deleted scene with him?

Bishop73

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