Trail Of The Pink Panther (1982)

When a plane carrying Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) disappears on its way to a Middle Eastern country, a television reporter (Joanna Lumley) interviews those who knew him to determine if he is alive or dead. Directed by Blake Edwards, the seventh film in the PINK PANTHER franchise was made after Sellers' death. The first half of the film consists of deleted scenes shot for the previous Panther movies and the second half of the film is a "greatest hits" compilation of scenes from the previous Panther films (principally THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN). This makes for a rather disjointed film as the cobbled together footage seems arbitrary. Of course, this makes for a hit and miss approach and many of those deleted scenes were deleted for a reason, they're not funny. Several of the actors from the previous entries return including David Niven (ill and unable to speak, his voice was dubbed by mimic Rich Little), Capucine, Robert Loggia, Robert Mulligan, Burt Kwouk, Graham stark and, of course, Herbert Lom as Inspector Dreyfuss.