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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 03/23/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 55 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Farce, Crime Comedy, Caper See Also: The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther [UMD for PSP], The Pink Panther [Decades Collection], The Pink Panther [Widescreen] [Blu-ray], The Pink Panther [Widescreen] [Collector's Edition]

In the first in a series of detective comedies from director Blake Edwards starring Peter Sellers as bumbling French Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the mishap-prone snoop is actually a supporting player. David Niven stars as Sir Charles Litton, a suave jewel thief known as "The Phantom." Vacationing in a deluxe Alpine resort, Litton's real purpose is to purloin the Pink Panther, a gem of enormous worth owned by a princess (Claudia Cardinale). On his trail for years, Inspector Clouseau keeps losing his quarry, perhaps because his wife Simone (Capucine) is Litton's lover and alerts him every time her husband draws near. Also after the Panther is Litton's American nephew, George (Robert Wagner). At a posh costume ball at the princess' villa, the bauble is stolen and Clouseau, still trying to determine the bandit's identity, is framed for the crime himself. The Pink Panther made Sellers and his Clouseau act so popular that the character moved to center stage in a series of farcical sequels. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

David Niven - Sir Charles Lytton
Peter Sellers - Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Robert Wagner - George Lytton
Capucine - Simone Clouseau
Claudia Cardinale - Princess Dala

Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers created a classic comic character in The Pink Panther, which comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen image preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and is preferable to the standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer and an entertaining collectible booklet. MGM/UA could and should do better with a title as famous as this one, but this disc will suffice until that day comes along. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide